SoftBank (SFTBY) (SFTBF) announced plans to invest at least €45 billion, approximately $52 billion, in building a network of massive data centers across France.
The Japanese investment giant said the planned infrastructure would deliver up to 3.1 gigawatts of computing capacity across the country.
SoftBank made the announcement late Saturday, signaling a major commitment to expanding artificial intelligence infrastructure in Europe.
The investment represents one of the largest single-country data center commitments by a major technology investor in recent European history.
France has been actively positioning itself as a destination for large-scale technology infrastructure investment, attracting significant international capital.
The planned network of facilities would form a substantial part of SoftBank’s broader strategy to build out AI computing infrastructure globally.
A computing capacity of 3.1 GW would place the French network among the most powerful data center deployments on the continent.
SoftBank’s dual-listed shares trade under the tickers SFTBY and SFTBF, reflecting the company’s significant international investor base.
The scale of the planned French investment underscores growing demand for high-performance computing infrastructure to support AI workloads across industries.
The announcement adds France to a growing list of countries where SoftBank has pledged large-scale AI and data center investment commitments in 2026.
