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SoftBank to invest €75bn in France to help expand its AI sector
The project is SoftBank Group's largest AI infrastructure investment in Europe. Once completed, its planned 5 GW capacity would make it Europe's largest data centre project as the region seeks to expand AI infrastructure and compete with the US and Asia.
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Anthropic becomes the world's top AI start-up with $1tr valuation
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic raised $65 billion in private funding, boosting its valuation to $965 billion and overtaking OpenAI's last reported valuation of $730 billion as the two firms compete for dominance in the AI sector.
Europe in Motion
Small but mighty: Which tiny tech hubs are powering Europe's growth?
The continent thrives on smaller ecosystems that punch above their weight, with a great concentration of tech innovation and infrastructure in a tiny territory. Which European cities are driving tech and what sets them apart?
Europe News
EU eyes new AI envoy, but the role is still to be fully defined
The EU Commission is considering appointing an AI envoy, a high-profile job to represent the bloc externally and drive industrial policy in this area. But critics see the move as merely PR-driven, while the job description remains a work in progress.
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MEPs accuse EU of copy-pasting Microsoft lobbying into data centre law
At the core of the dispute is a European Commission rule on data centre ratings, which EU lawmakers say would significantly restrict public access to information about the environmental performance of individual facilities.