Bloomberg reported that SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron about an ambitious AI data center project in France, and that Son has floated the possibility of investing as much as $100 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Reuters corroborated the Bloomberg reporting, saying the potential investment could include a multibillion-dollar data center project and noting the plan could be announced during the Choose France Summit. Reuters also reported that it could not immediately verify the Bloomberg report and that details remain in flux. Reuters additionally noted SoftBank has invested more than $30 billion in OpenAI to date, a high-stakes figure relevant to SoftBank’s broader AI infrastructure activity.
