Mistral AI Secures $830 Million in Debt To Build Paris Data Center
Mistral AI has secured $830 million in debt financing to build a data center in Paris, which will be one of the largest dedicated AI computing clusters in Europe. The facility will be used to train the company's foundational large language models and run inference workloads, with operations expected to begin by the end of June 2026.
Mistral AI has secured $830 million in debt financing from a consortium of seven banks. The funds will be used to deploy 13,800 NVIDIA GB300 GPUs at a facility south of Paris. The data center will deliver 44 megawatts of powered capacity and is expected to begin operations by the end of June 2026. Mistral plans to use the cluster for training its large language models and running inference workloads. The company has stated a goal of reaching 200 megawatts of total European capacity by the end of 2027. The debt raise signals that European AI companies are finding new financing paths beyond venture capital.
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