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ASML, Amadeus and others commit to backing Mistral’s data centre buildout
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Mistral, a French AI scaleup, has secured backing from enterprise customers including ASML, Amadeus, CMA-CGM, and state-backed Caisse des Dépôts to fund its ambitious plan to build AI data centre capacity across Europe, aiming for one gigawatt of compute by 2030 with an $830m loan for its first data centre near Paris.
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European AI infrastructure just got a major boost from corporate-backed scaleup Mistral, making the region less reliant on US cloud giants. You in AI infrastructure need to explore partnerships or service offerings aligned with Mistral’s growing compute footprint sooner rather than later.
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