France’s EDF identifies land for data centres
PARIS (Reuters) -France’s EDF said on Monday it had identified four sites on its own land for data centres, as the state-owned utility seeks to speed up investments in the power-hungry infrastructure.
EDF’s statement came as France hosts a summit on artificial intelligence (AI) with political and business leaders discussing issues around the nascent technology.
France is a major producer of nuclear power, which it is promoting as a reliable and clean source of energy for data centres.
EDF said the four sites identified had available grid connections with total available power estimated at 2 gigawatts (GW). It is searching for two additional sites, it also said.
EDF said,
For digital companies who wish to do so, EDF will also offer personalized support for the end-to-end completion of the necessary steps to develop their project,
An EDF executive said last year that the utility is in talks with three companies to power their 1 gigawatt (GW) data centre projects in France, but cautioned that grid connections could slow down the start of projects.
(Reporting by Forrest CrellinEditing by Tomasz Janowski)
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