Amazon is also making an investment of more than one billion euros in the country, said the French presidential office.
Software company Microsoft is investing four billion euros in the construction of new data centers in France, the company said on Sunday. The company’s goal is to develop its infrastructure for artificial intelligence applications and cloud services. According to Microsoft, this is the largest investment in France in its history.
The e-commerce company Amazon is also making a billion-dollar investment in the country. The French presidential office said earlier on Sunday that Amazon had made a decision about a 1.2 billion euro investment, which is estimated to bring more than 3,000 jobs to the country. Amazon’s decision is also said to be related to artificial intelligence and cloud services.
Earlier this year, Microsoft’s activities in France caused aggravation in Europe. Politico according to the EU, it was feared that the agreement between Microsoft and the French company Mistral would weaken the competitive position of the EU countries in the field of artificial intelligence.
According to Politico, the startup company Mistral played a significant role in lobbying related to the EU’s artificial intelligence regulation, where it presented itself as a European competitor to US tech giants. The collaboration agreement with Microsoft seemed to many to be a turn of the hat.
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