“Choose France” 2026: France confirms its ability to attract foreign investment

Bringing together more than 200 international business leaders of nearly 50 nationalities, this 2026 edition highlighted France’s ability to attract major projects in strategic sectors. The announcements unveiled in Versailles illustrated a large-scale investment dynamic, driven by recognized fundamentals: a largely decarbonized and competitive energy sector, an array of reforms promoting competitiveness, a high level of expertise and an environment conducive to innovation.

“Choose France” 2026 notably marked an acceleration in artificial intelligence infrastructure, with several major global announcements concerning data centers, cloud computing, equipment and training. This momentum was accompanied by structuring investments in other key sectors for the country’s economic and industrial sovereignty: space, defense, healthcare, critical metals, energy, logistics and finance.

• SoftBank Group Corp. (Japan) plans to invest up to €75 billion to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-dedicated data center capacity in France.
• MGX (United Arab Emirates), with Bpifrance, is expanding Campus AI in France with an investment of approximately €7.5 billion for a decarbonized AI infrastructure.
• Venturi Space (Monaco) is boosting its presence in Toulouse (Occitanie region) with a total investment of €250 million in space technologies.
• USA Rare Earth (United States) is expanding its investments in critical metals and the manufacture of permanent magnets, with more than €175 million planned by 2030.
• Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany) committed €500 million by 2030 to strengthen its research, development and production capabilities in animal health across several French sites.
• Revolut (United Kingdom) announced an additional €100 million by 2030 and 200 additional jobs, reinforcing Paris’ role as a strategic financial hub.

It also confirms France’s ability to host projects that cover the entire value chain, from research to production capacity.

Beyond the announced amounts, these investments reflect a lasting confidence in France as an investment location and the spread of projects throughout the country. Together, they contribute to reindustrialization, the development of new production capacities and job creation in the regions.

Alongside the French government and all the partners of Team France Invest, Business France plays a key role in supporting investors at every stage of their projects, from identifying opportunities to their implementation on the ground.

Through its scale and the diversity of the projects announced, “Choose France” 2026 confirms France’s position among the world’s leading destinations for foreign investment. This record-breaking edition illustrated, once again, the country’s ability to combine attractiveness, innovation, sovereignty and strong local ties.