SoftBank Group has committed up to €75 billion to build a large AI compute-cluster network in France to support what it said will be Europe’s largest data-center project. The commitment is SoftBank’s largest AI investment outside the United States and is timed to coincide with President Macron’s Choose France summit next week. Sources said the deal was agreed soon after Macron dined with SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son in Tokyo in early April.

2026-05-31

SoftBank Group has committed up to €75 billion to build a large AI compute-cluster network in France to support what it said will be Europe’s largest data-center project. The commitment is SoftBank’s largest AI investment outside the United States and is timed to coincide with President Macron’s Choose France summit next week. Sources said the deal was agreed soon after Macron dined with SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son in Tokyo in early April.