WhiteFiber, a vertically integrated Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure solution provider, has signed a five-year agreement to provide AI compute infrastructure to an investment-grade technology customer in the Paris region. The contract is valued at more than US$160 million over five years.
According to a press release, the project will use advanced NVIDIA GPU systems, and service is expected to begin in July 2026, pending equipment delivery and acceptance milestones. WhiteFiber has secured third-party data center capacity in France to support the deployment.
Sam Tabar, CEO, WhiteFiber, said, “We continue to see strong demand for AI compute infrastructure from enterprise customers globally, this agreement reflects our ability to originate large-scale AI compute deployments with long-duration, investment-grade customer commitments and capital-efficient financing structures. It also expands our cloud footprint into Europe and reinforces that demand for high-performance AI infrastructure is global.”
The company has also entered into a binding term sheet for project-level financing, which is expected to conclude in June 2026.
According to Grand View Horizon, the AI market in France is expected to reach a projected revenue of US$ 130,628.8 million by 2033 at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 30.9 percent. Meanwhile, Mordor Intelligence’s latest forecast on the France data center market size in 2026 is estimated at US$ 6.87 billion, growing from 2025 value of USD 6.26 billion with 2031 projections showing US$ 10.92 billion, growing at 9.72 percent CAGR over 2026-2031. Hyperscale investment totaling more than EUR 5.2 billion in 2024 alone signals enduring confidence among operators.