Mistral AI invests €1.2 billion in a data center in Sweden

Mistral AI, the French generative AI specialist, and EcoDataCenter, the Swedish data center operator, announced on February 11, 2026, that the French start-up will invest €1.2 billion in the construction of a data center in Sweden. Located in Borlänge, in the central part of the country, the facility will be entirely dedicated to artificial intelligence and is expected to be operational as early as 2027. This marks Mistral AI’s largest investment outside France.

EcoDataCenter will be responsible for the project’s physical infrastructure and its supply of renewable electricity. Mistral AI will oversee the software layer, including the AI models deployed at the site. The two partners describe the data center as “an important step toward strengthening Europe’s independence.”

“The ambition is to create a fully European AI technology stack — from infrastructure and models to software — where all data is processed and stored locally in Europe,” the press release announcing the initiative states.