Phoenix Group PLC, an IHC portfolio company and global digital infrastructure operator, has announced a strategic partnership with DC Max to develop its first European AI data center, an 18-megawatt facility in Lyon, France.
The project is the inaugural deployment of Phoenix’s European Data Center Platform, a scalable framework targeting over 1 gigawatt of combined artificial intelligence (AI) and HPC capacity across Europe and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
Phoenix sees this move as a direct extension of the UAE’s national AI ambition, an Abu Dhabi-headquartered company bringing its operational expertise and capital to the European stage, ensuring regionally headquartered operators are active shapers, not spectators, of the global AI economy.
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