<p id="speakable-summary" class="wp-block-paragraph">SoftBank Group <a href="https://group.softbank/en/news/press/20260531_0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">announced today</a> that it plans to spend up to €75 billion (around $87 billion) to expand data center capacity in France.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The goal, the firm said, is to develop and operate up to 5 gigawatts of additional data center capacity. The first phase of the plan involves building data centers in Dunkirk (Loon-Plage), Bosquel, and Bouchain to deliver 3.1 gigawatts of capacity to the Hauts-de-France region by 2031.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">SoftBank, which is <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/softbank-openai-launch-new-joint-venture-in-japan-as-ai-deals-grow-ever-more-circular/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">both an investor in and customer of OpenAI</a>, says this will be its largest AI infrastructure investment in Europe.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In a statement, French economic minister Roland Lescure described the announcement as a “testament to President Emmanuel Macron’s ambition to position France as a leading destination all along the AI value chain.”</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the United States, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/25/the-public-opposition-to-ai-infrastructure-is-heating-up/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">opposition to data center construction is heating up</a> over environmental concerns, as well as questions about how data centers affect the electrical grid and utility prices. Nonetheless, SoftBank earlier announced plans to build a data center in Ohio, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/softbank-to-spend-an-eye-popping-33b-to-build-huge-u-s-gas-power-plant/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">powered by a new 9.2 gigawatt natural gas plant</a>.</p>
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