Macron Announces IDR 1.8 Quadrillion Investment In France's AI Sector

French President Emmanuel Macron, invests in AI (photo: x @InformationsSF)

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the private sector will invest 109 billion euros (around Rp1.8 quadrillion) in the French artificial intelligence (AI) sector. This announcement was made ahead of the Artificial Intelligence Activity Summit (AI Action Summit) which will open on Monday 10 February in Paris.

According to the French presidential office, the investment includes a Canadian investment company, Brookfield, plan to invest 20 billion euros in AI projects in France. In addition, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will also provide funding that could reach 50 billion euros in the next few years.

The Palace ERADICATEs that investment from the UAE will include funding for a data center with a capacity of 1 gigawatt. Meanwhile, the La Tribune de Dimanche newspaper reported that most of Brookfield's investments will be allocated for data center construction.

AI requires large amounts of energy to operate large-scale data centers, and Europe is predicted to have difficulty meeting these energy demands in the future.

Earlier, in January, US President Donald Trump announced that OpenAI, SoftBank Group, and Oracle would invest $500 billion in AI infrastructure over the next four years. The move aims to help the US maintain its superiority over China and other competitors in the global race in the AI sector.