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SoftBank&#8217;s Massive Investment in France<\/h3><p>Masayoshi Son just committed up to \u20ac75 billion to build the largest AI data center in European history \u2014 in northern France. The financial press is treating this as a tech story. It isn&#8217;t. It&#8217;s a strategy story. And if you&#8217;re a CEO trying to figure out how to grow in a world being reshaped by artificial intelligence, it&#8217;s one of the most instructive moves of the decade. 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