A Broad French Consortium for AI Sovereignty

Posted by Emmanuel Torregano le 20 mai 2026

Behind the announcement of the AION consortium and its ambition to build European AI Gigafactories lies not merely a collaboration but a strategic battle for control over computing power—the true fuel of the AI economy. Europe is set to publish its €10 billion call for proposals shortly.
This is a major signal. Ardian, Artefact, Bull, Capgemini, EDF, Iliad Group, Orange, and Scaleway announce the creation of the AION consortium to submit a French bid under the European AI Gigafactories program. Behind this announcement lies a much broader battle over control of the computing power that will fuel Europe’s AI economy. The continent’s economic sovereignty now hinges…

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