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Mistral pre-sells 1GW of compute it has not built yet

This article was published on August 14, 2026 ASML, Amadeus, Capgemini, Caisse des Dépôts and CMA CGM have signed multi-year commitments to buy capacity from Mistral. The Mistral data centre buildout targets up to 1GW across Europe by 2030, and almost none of it exists yet. Mistral set out the plan on 11 August. Its own announcement covers three things at once. Regional endpoints are now generally available, letting customers pick Europe or the US for inference. A Priority Tier in public preview adds custom rate limits and an uptime commitment. The third part is the one that funds the other two. The instrument is a forward sale. Enterprises commit money now, and it converts into multi-year access to compute Mistral will build later. Mistral calls these European Compute Units. Customers can spend them across its compute products once capacity comes online. The terms are long. Partners commit for around five years with no early exit, chief technology officer Timothée Lacroix told European Business Magazine. That is the trade. Mistral gets a demand signal it can finance against, and the buyer accepts delivery risk on infrastructure that is mostly still drawings. Five companies form wh

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This article was published on August 14, 2026 ASML, Amadeus, Capgemini, Caisse des Dépôts and CMA CGM have signed multi-year commitments to buy capacity from Mistral. The Mistral data centre buildout targets up to 1GW across Europe by…

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This article was published on August 14, 2026 ASML, Amadeus, Capgemini, Caisse des Dépôts and CMA CGM have signed multi-year commitments to buy capacity from Mistral. The Mistral data centre buildout targets up to 1GW…

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