France, India court AI giants with data-centre investment push, CNBC reports
France's President Macron and India's Prime Minister Modi are courting top executives from AI companies, CNBC reports. Both countries are seeking data-centre investment and cloud infrastructure. Governments are rolling out incentives to attract major AI spending.
France's President Emmanuel Macron and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi are personally courting senior executives from leading artificial intelligence companies, CNBC reports. Both leaders want to attract large data-centre investments and cloud infrastructure to their countries.
Governments are offering incentives to meet the AI sector's rapidly growing demand for computing power. France and India are competing to steer investment from mostly US-based technology giants onto their own soil.
According to the report, the courtship reflects how national governments increasingly see AI infrastructure as strategic, driving fresh demand for energy and data-centre capacity. The scale and timing of any commitments remain unclear.
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