Orange SA and infrastructure manager Morrison announce plans to create a jointly controlled data center company in France. The companies sign an exclusivity agreement that is intended to set up the venture and combine resources for a new build-out focused on strengthening Europe’s digital sovereignty. Bloomberg reports that the partnership is aimed at expanding France’s and Europe’s digital infrastructure capabilities through a dedicated data center business.
The Next Web adds that the announced investment program totals about €3 billion and is funded through a mix of Orange assets, Morrison equity, and debt financing. The venture targets roughly 400 megawatts (MW) of data center capacity, which would represent a major scale-up compared with Orange’s current footprint. The Next Web also reports that Orange would contribute existing data center assets from France as part of the structure of the new company.
Across the sources, the main elements are the Orange–Morrison partnership, the creation of a jointly controlled French data center company, and the stated scale and funding approach, including the targeted capacity and overall investment value.
