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France: 209 data centres, 54 operators, 1,383 MW live

There are 209 data centres in France, across 58 markets, 54 operators, 192 operational, 1,383 MW live (15% modelled), 3,420 MW total potential. Largest by total potential: Sesterce (2 sites), then Data4.

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Live

1,383MW

15% modelled

Under construction

779MW

Planned

1,241MW

Total potential

3,420MW

6% of pipeline modelled

Who supplies the power

100% of the data centres we track in France have a named power supplier

  • Enedis190sites
  • EDF10sites
  • Villejust electricity substation2sites
  • Boralex, Engie and TotalEnergies2sites
  • RTE2sites
  • ERDF1site

1 further supplier serve smaller numbers of sites here.

Who is building in France

The 10 largest operators here by total potential, of 54 tracked in this country.

OperatorSitesLiveTotal potential
Sesterce21,040 MW
Data43255 MW505 MW
Digital Realty23317 MW317 MW
Nebius25 MW245 MW
CloudHQ1150 MW
Colt DCS623 MW128 MW
NTT Global Data Centers2116 MW
Equinix1294 MW96 MW
OpCore674 MW86 MW
Microsoft170 MW70 MW

When France was built

950 MW of the live capacity here carries a commissioning date — 53% of the operational sites in this country.

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Recent activity

45 recorded developments in France, the latest on 22 Sept 2026.

  • 21 Jul 2026Partnership48 MW

    SEGRO and Pure Data Centres Form JV for 48 MW Paris Data Center

    SEGRO has entered into a 50-50 joint venture with Pure Data Centres Group Limited to develop a fully fitted data center in the Paris region with a capacity of 48 MW. The project is valued at approximately £800 million. BCLP law firm provided legal counsel on the transaction, which represents a significant investment in French hyperscale infrastructure.

  • 14 Jul 2026Interconnection agreed

    euNetworks launches Alpine fiber route connecting Paris and Milan data centers

    euNetworks, a European bandwidth infrastructure company, has launched a direct 1,057 km fiber route between Paris and Milan data centers. The new Alpine route establishes a direct connection between two of Europe's largest data center markets and integrates with euNetworks' metro fiber networks, which include 38 on-net data centers in Paris and 18 in Milan. This expansion strengthens connectivity across major European data center hubs.

  • 9 Jul 2026Partnership75 MW

    Segro and Pure Data Centres Form JV for 75 MW Paris Data Center

    Segro and Pure Data Centres Group (backed by Oaktree and Brookfield) have formalized a 50/50 joint venture to develop a 75 MW data center (48 MW IT) in the Paris region, with pre-leasing commitments from a hyperscaler. The facility will be built at either the former H&M site in Le Bourget or at Petits Carreaux business park in Val-de-Marne. This partnership combines Segro's real estate expertise with Pure Data Centres' operational capabilities to serve growing cloud infrastructure demand in Europe.

  • 8 Jul 2026Partnership48 MW

    Pure DC and SEGRO form JV to develop 48MW Paris data centre

    Pure Data Centres Group and SEGRO have established a joint venture to develop a 48MW fully fitted data centre facility in Paris. The facility will target long-term leases with global hyperscale operators. This represents the second joint venture between the two companies, expanding their collaborative development pipeline in Europe.

  • 30 Jun 2026Opposition

    Le Bourget mayor demands cancellation of 75MW data center at former H&M site

    Mehdi Nezzar, newly elected mayor of Le Bourget in the northeastern Paris suburbs, is demanding the cancellation of a 75MW data center planned by Segro at a former H&M warehouse. The facility faced local opposition. Le Bourget has demonstrated resistance to data center development in its commune. This action signals potential municipal blocking of the project.

  • 21 May 2026Lease signed$160M

    WhiteFiber Signs $160M AI Compute Infrastructure Agreement in Paris

    WhiteFiber, Inc. announced a five-year agreement with an investment-grade technology customer to provide AI compute infrastructure in the Paris region using advanced NVIDIA GPU systems. The deal has a total contract value exceeding $160 million and is expected to commence service in July 2026. The deployment will be supported by customer prepayments and project-level financing, with WhiteFiber having secured third-party data center capacity in France.

  • 1 Nov 2023Acquisition

    Tremblay-en-France Lumen 003 ownership change

    Tremblay-en-France Lumen 003 changed ownership on 1 November 2023, when Lumen Technologies closed the sale of its European, Middle Eastern, and African business to Colt Technology Services.

  • 1 Nov 2023Acquisition

    Marseille Lumen 002 ownership change

    Marseille Lumen 002 changed ownership on 1 November 2023 as part of Lumen Technologies' closed sale of its EMEA business to Colt Technology Services.

All recent activity

Who is hiring in France

7 open data centre roles at 3 operators we track

3 operators are recruiting in France, 7 roles in total, the largest of them Scaleway at 3. Only 2 of the 7 are build-side; the rest run the estate, critical facilities accounting for 3. 2 of the 7 were posted in the last 30 days.

The mix

  • critical facilities3
  • security2
  • construction1
  • design and engineering1

Most recently opened

  • Nebiuscritical facilities15 Sept 2026
  • nLightencritical facilities1 Sept 2026
  • nLightencritical facilities15 Jul 2026
  • Scalewaysecurity30 Jun 2026
  • Scalewaydesign and engineering21 Apr 2026

Counted from the operators' own public careers feeds, read daily. A role counts here when the employer runs a data centre we track and the work is operational rather than back office. What these roles involve, and what they pay.

Questions about France

How many data centres are there in France?
There are 209 data centres in France, across 58 markets, 54 operators, 192 operational, 1,383 MW live (15% modelled), 3,420 MW total potential. Largest by total potential: Sesterce (2 sites), then Data4.
How much data centre capacity does France have?
DC Atlas tracks 209 data centres in France. 1,383 MW is live, 779 MW is under construction, 1,241 MW is planned, for 3,420 MW of total potential at full buildout.
Who are the largest data centre operators in France?
54 operators run facilities in France. Sesterce is the largest by total potential, with 2 sites and 1,040 MW.
Which utilities supply power to data centres in France?
Enedis, EDF and Villejust electricity substation serve the most data centre sites in France. DC Atlas holds a named power supplier for 100% of the facilities it tracks here.

Every data centre we track in France

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Saint-Denis12

Paris11

Aubervilliers8

Gravelines8

Marseille8

Strasbourg7

Vélizy-Villacoublay7

La Courneuve6

Courbevoie5

Grenoble4

Les Ulis4

Lyon4

Saint-Herblain4

Toulouse4

Lille3

Lognes3

Val-de-Reuil3

Valbonne3

Antibes2

Besançon2

Bordeaux2

Canteleu2

Clichy2

Illkirch-Graffenstaden2

La Roche-sur-Yon2

Montpellier2

Nice2

Nozay2

Pantin2

Poitiers2

Rennes2

Rezé2

Tourcoing2

Villebon-sur-Yvette2

Villeurbanne2

Vitry-sur-Seine2

Albi1

Alixan1

Amilly1

Anzin1

Balma1

Béthune1

Bièvres1

Biot1

Bosquel1

Bouillargues1

Bouliac1

Brétigny-sur-Orge1

Bruges1

Cannes1

Carcassonne1

Carquefou1

Cébazat1

Cesson-Sévigné1

Champs-sur-Marne1

Civrieux1

Clermont-Ferrand1

Coquelles1

Couëron1

Croissy-Beaubourg1

Dijon1

Douai1

Ferrières-en-Brie1

Fretin1

Ivry-sur-Seine1

La Chapelle-sur-Erdre1

La Ciotat1

Labège1

Lambersart1

Le Coudray-Montceaux1

Le Coudray-Montceaux / Corbeil-Essonnes1

Les Clayes-sous-Bois1

Les Milles1

Lisses1

Magny-les-Hameaux1

Mainvilliers1

Marcoussis1

Meudon1

Montigny-le-Bretonneux1

Montreuil1

Nancy1

Nanterre1

Nantes1

Plérin1

Puteaux1

Roubaix1

Saclay1

Sainghin-en-Mélantois1

Saint-Aunès1

Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude1

Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône1

Schiltigheim1

Tours1

Tremblay-en-France1

Villeneuve-d'Ascq1

Villepinte1