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Alex Xplore Posts on AION Consortium €10B Investment with Scaleway €4B Commitment

Alex Xplore posted May 22, 2026 about French AION consortium of 28 companies investing over €10 billion in AI gigafactory in France. Scaleway (Iliad) commits approximately €4 billion alongside Orange, EDF, Capgemini, Bull and Ardian. Project expands data center campus from 100 MW to over 1 GW using French nuclear electricity; goal is technological sovereignty versus US and Chinese AI dominance. Post received 243 likes, 72 reposts.

Ardian, Orange, EDF, Bull Join Scaleway/Iliad Gigafactory Consortium for EU Funding Bid

Ardian, Artefact, Bull, Capgemini, EDF and Orange join Iliad and Scaleway in AION consortium announced May 21, 2026 for EU AI Gigafactories bid. Scaleway previously targeted GPU clusters equivalent to over 288,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs and 200 MW capacity; EU project seeks 3-5 supercomputing clusters each with 100,000 AI chips. Benoît Gaillochet of Ardian highlights France's low-carbon energy; Emmanuel Le Roux of Bull stresses mostly European supply chain for AI infrastructure.

Scaleway and Partners Unite in AION for European AI Gigafactory Candidacy

French AION Consortium Bids €10 Billion for AI Data Center Campus in France

French Companies Bid $10 Billion for EU AI Gigafactory Site with Scaleway Involvement

Ardian Artefact Bull EDF Capgemini Iliad Group Orange and Scaleway Form AION Consortium for European AI Gigafactory Bid in France

AION Consortium Adds Ardian, Orange, EDF, Bull, Capgemini to Scaleway/Iliad AI Gigafactory Bid

Orange and Capgemini Invent Join Scaleway-Led AION AI Gigafactory Consortium

Scaleway Partners with Xebia to Expand Sovereign Cloud and AI Capabilities

Scaleway Hires Object Storage Senior Product Manager in Paris

Scaleway Launches New Cloud Region in Italy

Scaleway Posts HR Data & Social Reporting Lead Job in Paris

Partner Account Manager role open at Scaleway to expand partner ecosystem

Telefónica prepares bid for AI gigafactory while Scaleway advances AION consortium

Scaleway CEO Damien Lucas discusses European cloud sovereignty at VivaTech

European Commission awards $212M cloud services contract to Scaleway among four firms

Scaleway wins EU Commission 180 million euro cloud contract share

France selects Scaleway to host Health Data Hub replacing Microsoft Azure

Scaleway Selected by European Commission for €180 Million Sovereign Public Cloud AI Platform

France Selects Scaleway Subsidiary of Iliad to Host Health Data Hub Replacing Microsoft Azure

Scaleway launches RISC-V based cloud instances, partnering with European chip makers. Eco-friendly alternative to x86.

Scaleway launches RISC-V based cloud instances, partnering with European chip makers. Eco-friendly alternative to x86.