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France's DGE and Business France publish a 63 site data centre siting guide

France's DGE and Business France published a siting guide naming 63 sites suited to data centres, with criteria and a fast track for projects of national interest. Ministers Lescure and Le Henanff presented it on 4 December 2025.

Reported Editor-read IT for Business, 4 December 2025

What it does not test. It does not commit public money, select an operator, or establish whether any site will host a European owned facility.

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.

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-07. How the record is made

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