# Data centres

SoftBank helps drive record €93bn of foreign investments for ‘Choose France’
News
June 1, 2026
SoftBank helps drive record €93bn of foreign investments for ‘Choose France’
French president Emmanuel Macron gathered hundreds of CEOs, investors and industrial players in annual ‘Choose France’ summit
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Inside Mistral’s billion-dollar bet on building Europe’s AI cloud
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Analysis
May 28, 2026
Inside Mistral’s billion-dollar bet on building Europe’s AI cloud
France’s AI darling is steadily building its infrastructure offering — is it the right move?
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
What US chipmaker Cerebras’s IPO could mean for startups like Fractile
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Analysis
May 19, 2026
What US chipmaker Cerebras’s IPO could mean for startups like Fractile
US chipmaker Cerebras went public with a 68% IPO day pop last week — and some believe it could bode well for European counterparts
Anne Sraders and Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
11 future of compute startups to watch, according to VCs
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Investor survey
May 4, 2026
11 future of compute startups to watch, according to VCs
Sifted asked investors from AlbionVC, Oxford Science Enterprises, Imec.xpand and Seedcamp for their picks
Tom Nugent
‘Europe is a digital colony’: Startups wrestle with tech sovereignty demands
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Analysis
April 20, 2026
‘Europe is a digital colony’: Startups wrestle with tech sovereignty demands
German AI translation startup DeepL recently partnered with Amazon for its cloud infrastructure, sparking concerns
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet and Anne Sraders
OpenAI’s Stargate retreat exposes cracks in UK tech ambitions
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Analysis
April 13, 2026
OpenAI’s Stargate retreat exposes cracks in UK tech ambitions
Ministers face tough choices over energy prices, tech sovereignty and partnerships with Big Tech
Freya Pratty and Martin Coulter
OpenAI pauses Stargate UK in blow to Nscale and government
News
April 9, 2026
OpenAI pauses Stargate UK in blow to Nscale and government
The project was announced last September
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Here’s how you can secure access to the UK’s most powerful supercomputer
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Features
April 9, 2026
Here’s how you can secure access to the UK’s most powerful supercomputer
Securing access to Isambard sllows startups to train far more powerful AI models than their competitors
Freya Pratty
Mistral secures $830m loan to fund AI data centre build-out
News
March 30, 2026
Mistral secures $830m loan to fund AI data centre build-out
French startup to acquire 13.8k Nvidia GPUs for its first data centre in the south of Paris
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
It’s not just Nscale. Here are all of Europe’s neoclouds, mapped
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List
March 16, 2026
It’s not just Nscale. Here are all of Europe’s neoclouds, mapped
Europe's home to a cohort of young companies building data centres to meet the surging demand for computing power
Freya Pratty
Nscale is set to deliver $14bn of compute. Can it meet its deadlines?
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Analysis
March 12, 2026
Nscale is set to deliver $14bn of compute. Can it meet its deadlines?
The company has proven its ability to raise billions. Now can it deliver compute?
Freya Pratty and Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Nscale rockets to $14.6bn valuation with $2bn Series C
News
March 9, 2026
Nscale rockets to $14.6bn valuation with $2bn Series C
Sheryl Sandberg, Nick Clegg and Susan Decker have joined Nscale’s board
Freya Pratty
UK government-backed photonics chip startup targets $100m+ Series B
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Interview
February 18, 2026
UK government-backed photonics chip startup targets $100m+ Series B
Optalysys is exploring licensing its chip designs to leading industry players
Tom Nugent
Nvidia-backed Nscale secures $1.4bn chip loan
News
February 12, 2026
Nvidia-backed Nscale secures $1.4bn chip loan
Nscale is currently working on data centre projects in five countries
Freya Pratty
Court battle risks £18bn data centre plan central to UK’s AI strategy
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Exclusive
February 3, 2026
Court battle risks £18bn data centre plan central to UK’s AI strategy
London court freezes data centre builder AI Pathfinder's assets
Freya Pratty and Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Trump 2.0 is driving a data centre boom across Europe
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Analysis
January 28, 2026
Trump 2.0 is driving a data centre boom across Europe
European cloud providers challenge US giants amid hostilities
Mimi Billing and Martin Coulter
Is Europe’s AI infrastructure build-out heading for a gigafactory-style bust?
Podcast
January 15, 2026
Is Europe’s AI infrastructure build-out heading for a gigafactory-style bust?
And how does Europe square its dreams for "sovereign AI" with a reliance on Nvidia?
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Amy Lewin
The people with power at Nvidia-backed Nscale
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List
January 15, 2026
The people with power at Nvidia-backed Nscale
Who’s behind the hyped company?
Freya Pratty
The 13 events that shaped European deeptech in 2025
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List
December 22, 2025
The 13 events that shaped European deeptech in 2025
Deeptech was one of the fastest-growing sectors in Europe this year. Sifted rounded up the news that defined the industry in 2025
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
European tech’s 2025 in data: VC funding reaches its third-best year on record
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Sifted data
December 19, 2025
European tech’s 2025 in data: VC funding reaches its third-best year on record
Europe’s top eight tech hubs all record year-on-year funding growth, as AI investment jumps 161%
Jonathan Sinclair and Federico Scolari
To win the AI race, Europe should focus on applications, says Accel partner
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Interview
November 12, 2025
To win the AI race, Europe should focus on applications, says Accel partner
New report shows European startups building AI applications are closing the funding gap with the US
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
M&A: The European startups on the hunt for acquisitions
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List
November 5, 2025
M&A: The European startups on the hunt for acquisitions
Sifted lists 14 European startups targeting M&A opportunities, amidst an uptick in activity due to acqui-hiring sprees and roll-ups
Federico Scolari and Jonathan Sinclair
Nvidia-backed Nscale plagued by infighting, botched acquisition and IP lawsuit
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Investigations
November 5, 2025
Nvidia-backed Nscale plagued by infighting, botched acquisition and IP lawsuit
The data centre startup is central to Labour's long-term AI strategy
Freya Pratty and Martin Coulter
Europe breaks records across AI, defence and quantum in Q3
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Sifted data
November 3, 2025
Europe breaks records across AI, defence and quantum in Q3
Dealmaking spiked in Q3, with seven new unicorns and two jumbo AI raises
Federico Scolari, Ruggero Di Spigna and Jonathan Sinclair

# Data centres

SoftBank helps drive record €93bn of foreign investments for ‘Choose France’

Inside Mistral’s billion-dollar bet on building Europe’s AI cloud

What US chipmaker Cerebras’s IPO could mean for startups like Fractile

11 future of compute startups to watch, according to VCs

‘Europe is a digital colony’: Startups wrestle with tech sovereignty demands

OpenAI’s Stargate retreat exposes cracks in UK tech ambitions

OpenAI pauses Stargate UK in blow to Nscale and government

Here’s how you can secure access to the UK’s most powerful supercomputer

Mistral secures $830m loan to fund AI data centre build-out

It’s not just Nscale. Here are all of Europe’s neoclouds, mapped

Nscale is set to deliver $14bn of compute. Can it meet its deadlines?

Nscale rockets to $14.6bn valuation with $2bn Series C

UK government-backed photonics chip startup targets $100m+ Series B

Nvidia-backed Nscale secures $1.4bn chip loan

Court battle risks £18bn data centre plan central to UK’s AI strategy

Trump 2.0 is driving a data centre boom across Europe

Is Europe’s AI infrastructure build-out heading for a gigafactory-style bust?

The people with power at Nvidia-backed Nscale

The 13 events that shaped European deeptech in 2025

European tech’s 2025 in data: VC funding reaches its third-best year on record

To win the AI race, Europe should focus on applications, says Accel partner

M&A: The European startups on the hunt for acquisitions

Nvidia-backed Nscale plagued by infighting, botched acquisition and IP lawsuit

Europe breaks records across AI, defence and quantum in Q3