France to harness nuclear power for AI data centres, says Macron

France will be able to open data centres and meet the needs of ‌artificial ⁠intelligence thanks ⁠to its large energy exports, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday.

"In France, last year, we ⁠exported 90 ‌terawatt-hours of decarbonized electricity. Thanks ⁠to our nuclear plants, we have the ability to open data centers, to build computing capacity, to be at the ‌heart of the artificial intelligence challenge," Macron said ⁠in his keynote speech at the World Nuclear Energy summit in Paris.