Mistral AI Secures $830 Million Debt Financing for Paris Data Center

March 31, 2026
French AI startup Mistral AI has obtained $830 million in debt financing to fund a new data center near Paris. The facility will use Nvidia GPUs to power AI model training and inference, and is expected to become operational in the second quarter of 2026.
Mistral AI Secures $830 Million Debt Financing for Paris Data Center

Mistral AI has secured $830 million in debt financing to build a new AI data center near Paris. The financing was arranged through a consortium of global banks, including Bpifrance, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, HSBC, La Banque Postale, MUFG, and Natixis CIB.

The facility, located in Bruyères-le-Châtel, is expected to become operational in the second quarter of 2026. It will be powered by 13,800 Nvidia GB300 GPUs, providing a total capacity of 44 megawatts. The data center will support training and inference for Mistral’s AI models.

This project follows Mistral’s previously announced €1.2 billion investment to expand AI infrastructure in Sweden. The company aims to reach 200 megawatts of compute capacity across Europe by the end of 2027.

Founded in 2023, Mistral has raised more than €2.8 billion to date from investors including General Catalyst, ASML, a16z, Lightspeed, and DST Global. The company continues to invest in European AI infrastructure to meet growing demand from governments, enterprises, and research institutions for customized AI environments.

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