Europe / country / reviewed 2026-09-28
France
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Member since 1949
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Date not isolated · member of
Announced investment
Company announcement for infrastructure expansion in France. It is not a French government payment to Microsoft, and the announcement does not verify final disbursement.
2024-05-13 · investment announcement
Located in
Paris Digital Park · PAR8–PAR11 → France
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Date not isolated · location
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USD 64,469 million
France: national defence expenditure, 2024 estimate
NATO Table 2, current prices and exchange rates, 2024e column. National defence spending estimate, rounded to USD millions. It is not a payment to NATO or the US and must not be added to sales notices or investment announcements.
Date not isolated · 2024; report cutoff 3 June 2025 · documented
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Microsoft cloud and AI infrastructure in France
Company announcement for infrastructure expansion in France. It is not a French government payment to Microsoft, and the announcement does not verify final disbursement.
2024-05-13 · Announced in 2024; infrastructure and accompanying programs have different milestones · documented
Inspect this record and its sources ↗Sources in this record.
- NATO member countriesNATO · 2024-03-11 · source access 2026-09-28
Official membership list checked on the access date. Membership is not a financial transfer or evidence of agreement with every US policy.
- Defence expenditure of NATO countries, 2014–2025NATO · Publication date not isolated · source access 2026-09-28
Table 2, printed page 8: 2024e column, current USD millions. Report information cutoff: 3 June 2025. Values are estimates rounded by NATO, not final accounts. Iceland has no row.
- Microsoft cloud and AI infrastructure in FranceMicrosoft · 2024-05-13 · source access 2026-09-28
Company announcement for infrastructure expansion in France. It is not a French government payment to Microsoft, and the announcement does not verify final disbursement.
- Paris Digital Park project case studyMercury · Publication date not isolated · source access 2026-09-28
Undated portfolio page; identifies project period 2020–2025 and PAR8–PAR11 campus.