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Posted on March 10, 2026
1 min readLast updated: April 1, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleFrance’s record-breaking net electricity exports—nearly 90 TWh in 2024—are rooted in its abundant low‑carbon nuclear power. President Macron says this surplus enables expansion of AI data centres without affecting domestic supply.
PARIS, March 10 (Reuters) - 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.
(Reporting by Forrest Crellin and Gianluca Lo Nostro; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
France will use its nuclear power and large energy exports to open and operate AI data centres.
Macron stated that France's decarbonized electricity exports enable the country to expand AI computing capacity.
France exported 90 terawatt-hours of decarbonized electricity last year.
Macron made the announcement at the World Nuclear Energy summit in Paris.
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