Of the €93 billion in investments announced at the 9th edition of the Choose France summit, €45 billion are firm contractual commitments from SoftBank, while the rest aggregates conditional caps and multi-year plans with heterogeneous statuses. The edition opened on June 1, 2026, at the Château de Versailles, with, according to figures communicated by Emmanuel Macron and reported by Reuters, 71 announcements and the creation of 15,600 jobs. Alongside the president, Masayoshi Son, founder and president of SoftBank, confirmed an AI data center infrastructure plan that could reach €75 billion, the group's first commitment in Europe. Macron described France as the leading destination for foreign investments in Europe for the seventh consecutive year, referencing the EY barometer.
A Scale Break in the Summit's Trajectory
The volume displayed in 2026 exceeds the cumulative total of the previous eight editions, according to Emmanuel Macron, a statement echoed on June 1, 2026, by several media, including Le Figaro. The most direct point of comparison remains the 2025 edition, which had already set a record: according to the Direction générale du Trésor, Choose France 2025 had totaled 53 announcements representing €40.8 billion in investments and more than 13,000 expected jobs. The jump from €40.8 to €93 billion in one year reflects a new concentration of announcements on AI computing infrastructure. ActuIA documented the central piece of this volume, the ramp-up of SoftBank in France, with €45 billion for a first phase and up to €75 billion subject to extension, as well as the second industrial aspect of the sovereignty dossier, with the arrival of Foxconn in Angers alongside Bull for the shaping of AI servers. However, this volume aggregates commitments of different contractual natures, from firm amounts to conditional caps, which the detail of the main items allows us to decompose.
Choose France: From One Record Edition to Another
| Indicator | 2025 Edition | 2026 Edition | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investments | €40.8 billion | €93 billion | DG Trésor / Reuters - Macron |
| Announcements | 53 | 71 | DG Trésor / Reuters - Macron |
| Expected Jobs | > 13,000 | 15,600 | DG Trésor / Reuters - Macron |
Firm Commitments and Conditional Caps
The total displayed aggregates commitments of heterogeneous contractual nature. On the SoftBank side, the plan provides for €45 billion firm for a first phase of 3.1 gigawatts in Hauts-de-France by 2031, to which €30 billion conditional on the success of this phase are added. The official wording of the press release posits an investment of up to €75 billion for 5 GW of AI data center capacity, which TechCrunch specified by describing a first phase targeting Dunkirk/Loon-Plage, Bosquel, and Bouchain for 3.1 GW by 2031. On the Brookfield side, the €30 billion announced at Versailles are not unprecedented: the Canadian asset manager had already announced its intention, at the February 2025 AI Action Summit, of a €20 billion investment in French AI data center infrastructure by 2030, operated via Data4. The increment announced at Choose France 2026 is therefore €10 billion. These two operations are complemented by about €7.5 billion jointly committed by MGX, an Emirati fund, and Bpifrance for a second computing center site, the first AI campus in Fouju (Seine-et-Marne, 1.4 GW, with Mistral AI and Nvidia) currently under construction according to Les Echos. Ardian and Verne mentioned a campus in Île-de-France that could reach €5 billion, without a published schedule. The volume of €93 billion thus corresponds to an aggregated ceiling of maximum scenarios rather than a firm base with a dated execution.
Main Announcements - Choose France 2026
| Investor | Announced Amount | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SoftBank | Up to €75 billion | Conditional ("up to") | Data Center Dynamics |
| Brookfield / Data4 | €20 billion (CF 2025 tranche) + CF 2026 increment | Announced Feb. 2025; complement not quantified in available sources | GlobeNewswire |
Partial Scope
This table only reflects commitments for which an amount is directly traced in the available primary sources. Other announcements (MGX, Bpifrance, Ardian, Verne) are listed in official communications but have not been the subject of accessible primary documentation for this edition.
Beyond Data Centers: Logistics, CRM, and Training
The summit is not limited to computing infrastructure. Amazon confirmed at Versailles its €15 billion plan over three years, unveiled in early May 2026, with three new logistics sites and an additional 1,000 jobs added to the 7,000 already promised. Salesforce committed $2 billion in investments in France by 2030. Databricks estimated over $300 million by 2029, a local team exceeding 400 employees, and a target of 40,000 people trained in AI by the end of 2029. The simultaneous presence of these three players (online commerce logistics, CRM suite, and data platform) shows that the summit extends beyond the sole scope of computing infrastructure. The 71 announcements and 15,600 jobs recorded by the executive thus mix commitments of very different natures, from multi-year industrial expansion plans to training campaigns. For an infrastructure manager planning their computing capacity by 2027-2028, the firm column of the 2026 edition - €45 billion from SoftBank over 3.1 GW in Hauts-de-France - remains to date the only sovereign infrastructure certified at this scale in Europe; the logistics and training commitments of Amazon, Salesforce, and Databricks relate, for a CFO arbitrating their AI budget lines, to a distinct execution horizon.