EDF, OpCore to develop 4 billion euros data centre in France

(Reuters) -French utility EDF and ​OpCore, a ‌joint venture between telecoms group Iliad ‌and InfraVia Capital Partners, have entered exclusive negotiations to develop a hyperscale ⁠data centre ‌on the site of EDF’s former ‍coal-fired plant at Montereau-Vallee-de-la-Seine, ​the companies said on ‌Monday.

The project, expected to cost around 4 billion euros, would create one of Europe’s largest ⁠computing hubs with ​several hundred megawatts ​of capacity.

A first phase is scheduled to come ‍online ⁠in 2027 under France’s fast-track grid ⁠connection scheme.

(Reporting by Alban ‌Kacher; Editing by ‌Alex Richardson)