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French OREUS consortium launches AI supercomputer plan with Core42

French consortium OREUS announced a computing centre near Grenoble with 8,500 GPUs by summer 2025, an over EUR 800 million investment, built with UAE firm Core42 as strategic partner and framed as boosting European AI sovereignty.

Reported AI-drafted ActuIA, 20 May 2025

What it does not test. Does not establish that the GPUs have been installed or the centre is operational; technical and governance details remain unspecified.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

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