Microsoft (MSFT.US) said on Sunday that it plans to spend 4 billion euros (4.3 billion US dollars) to build cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in France and build a data center in the French city of Mulhouse.
The Zhitong Finance App learned that Microsoft (MSFT.US) said on Sunday that it plans to spend 4 billion euros (4.3 billion US dollars) to build cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in France and build a data center in the French city of Mulhouse.
The announcement was made on the eve of the “Choose France” summit, which aims to attract foreign investors to invest in France.
Microsoft said in a statement that it aims to help train 1 million people and support 2,500 startups in France by 2027.
In February of this year, Microsoft announced an investment of 3.2 billion euros in Germany and announced plans to invest 2.1 billion dollars over the next two years to expand its artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure in Spain.
Meanwhile, AWS, a subsidiary of Amazon (AMZN.US), announced that it will invest 1.3 billion US dollars in its French business and create more than 3,000 fixed jobs in France.