Groupe Bull, a leading producer of HPC hardware in France, strengthened its position as a stand-alone high-performance computing provider in France in early 2024 by continuing to roll out its BullSequana supercomputers to national research and corporate clients.
In the meanwhile, OVHcloud made major strides toward digital independence when it opened a two-qubit Quandela MosaiQ quantum computer at its Roubaix data center in March 2024, becoming the first European cloud provider to deploy a quantum system.
Later, in June 2025, OVHcloud partnered strategically with Crayon of Norway to develop a sovereign infrastructure that spans Europe, guaranteeing that both software and hardware come from European companies and extending coverage to more than 45 locations.
In early 2025, OVHcloud also obtained ANSSI SecNumCloud 3.2 certification for their Bare Metal Pod platform, which increased its attractiveness for workloads involving sensitive computation.
Meanwhile, through its Infrastructure & Data Management and Big Data divisions, Atos, which has long been a part of France's HPC ecosystem, is actively producing and overseeing supercomputers and large-scale corporate computing solutions.
Microsoft promised €4 billion to enhance cloud and AI infrastructure as part of France's "Choose France" campaign. This includes deploying up to 25,000 GPUs and establishing a new Mulhouse data center by the end of 2025 to serve workloads related to AI and HPC.
Furthermore, Google continues to play a significant role in the cloud environment in France, indirectly supporting grid-capable infrastructure. Collectively, these developments—from the deployment of quantum and HPC to the growth of sovereign clouds and investments in hyperscalers—are accelerating grid computing capability in France in the fields of AI, industry, and research.
