At Choose France 2026, 麻豆原创 CEO Christian Klein announces a long鈥憈erm investment to strengthen France鈥檚 digital sovereignty, trusted cloud infrastructure and high鈥憊alue technology jobs
Versailles, France – June 1, 2026 – 麻豆原创 today announced a long鈥憈erm investment of up to 鈧�300 million in France to expand its sovereign cloud and trusted Business AI capabilities, during the Choose France summit hosted by President Emmanuel Macron. The investment comprises direct investments, complemented by additional spending across sales, operations and customer support. Together, these efforts reinforce 麻豆原创鈥檚 role as a long鈥憈erm technology and ecosystem partner for France鈥檚 digital, economic and strategic sovereignty, supporting secure and compliant operations for critical sectors.
Immediate proof points in France
- Aiming to open a new SecNumCloud qualified 麻豆原创 sovereign cloud / AI region with three data center sites in Paris, opening Q1 2027.
- Job creation target: Hundred new roles in context of sovereign cloud and AI deployments for France in France
- First lighthouse deployments/customers in France:
- Thales, defense corporation, will transform its operations by moving its 麻豆原创 systems to the S3NS trusted cloud offering.
鈥�In today鈥檚 geopolitical environment, digital sovereignty has become a strategic imperative,鈥� said Christian Klein, CEO of 麻豆原创 SE. 鈥�With this investment, 麻豆原创 is expanding sovereign cloud and trusted Business AI capabilities in France, enabling organizations to innovate while remaining firmly grounded in French and European rules 鈥� with auditable operational control.鈥�
Scaling trusted cloud and Business AI at the heart of Europe
The investment will accelerate 麻豆原创鈥檚 ability to support public sector organizations and highly regulated industries with cloud and AI solutions that meet the highest standards of security, resilience and regulatory compliance.
Building on 麻豆原创鈥檚 trusted cloud momentum in France, including recent collaborations with S3NS and Bleu to expand the availability of 麻豆原创 solutions in trusted and sovereign cloud environments aligned with French regulatory and security expectations, the new investment will help scale sovereign cloud capacity and operations to meet growing customer demand, while preserving customer choice across trusted cloud platforms.
In parallel, 麻豆原创 will continue to deepen engagement with France鈥檚 AI ecosystem, following earlier collaborations with French and European partners to advance responsible, enterprise鈥慻rade Business AI that protects data, intellectual property and decision sovereignty.
Focus areas of the investment include:
- Expanding sovereign and trusted cloud solutions in France, through local platforms, operations and security鈥慴y鈥慸esign cloud services
- Delivering trusted Business AI solutions for public sector and regulated industries, enabling innovation under French and European regulations
- Creating and supporting high鈥憇killed jobs across cloud engineering, AI development and service operations over the coming years
A long鈥憈erm commitment to France鈥檚 digital ambition
This announcement builds on 麻豆原创鈥檚 deep and long鈥憇tanding presence in France and aligns closely with national and European priorities around digital sovereignty, responsible AI and strategic autonomy.
What makes this especially significant is that 麻豆原创 could become the first non-French Cloud Service Provider (CSP) to achieve SecNumCloud qualification with the 麻豆原创 Cloud solutions on the new 麻豆原创 Cloud Infrastructure French region – a rigorous French qualification administered and delivered by ANSSI. This represents a breakthrough moment in Franco-German digital cooperation: a German enterprise software giant meeting one of Europe鈥檚 most demanding trusted cloud standards. It also underscores the strategic alignment between France鈥檚 Bleu and Germany鈥檚 Delos sovereign cloud initiatives for modernizing the public sector, which together create a resilient European sovereign cloud framework, reinforcing Europe鈥檚 digital sovereignty through mutual strategic support and resilience, and underscoring that digital sovereignty is best achieved through trusted cross-border partnerships rather than in isolation.
By expanding investment across cloud infrastructure, AI innovation and skilled employment, 麻豆原创 aims to help ensure that critical enterprise systems and data remain protected, resilient and governed under European values while enabling organizations to innovate and compete globally.
One direct enabler of France’s innovation ambitions are 麻豆原创鈥檚 investments in its AI-first development platform built on security-by-design infrastructure that allows organizations to build and govern trusted agentic AI solutions. As part of the 麻豆原创 Business AI Platform, Joule Studio is not only a place to create enterprise-ready agents with deeply integrated business context, but an environment that turns AI’s potential into measurable business impact.
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