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Mistral AI and Nvidia launch Mistral Compute, hailed by Macron at VivaTech

Mistral AI and Nvidia unveiled Mistral Compute at VivaTech, with Nvidia supplying about 18,000 Blackwell GPUs for a 40 megawatt data centre in Essonne, France. President Macron called the sovereign AI infrastructure deal "historic".

Reported Editor-read Le Monde, 12 June 2025

What it does not test. It does not establish that the Essonne data centre has been built; Mistral said the platform launches in 2026.

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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