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Eclairion Loire-sur-Rhone AI Factory

Loire-sur-Rhone, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FrancePreconstruction
Evidence
Planned / design
350 MW
Updated
Oct 28, 2026

Eclairion was selected to pursue a high-power AI data center on EDF's former Loire-sur-Rhone thermal-power-station site. Eclairion Loire-sur-Rhone AI Factory is located in Loire-sur-Rhone, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, FR and is a data center campus in preconstruction status.

Capacity

Planned electrical capacity up to

Planned / design or future potential

350 MW

Source

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Due diligence and construction-lease processAnnounced or preconstruction

Lease and permits are conditional.

First capacity deliveryAnnounced or preconstruction

First-tranche MW is undisclosed.

Full Loire-sur-Rhone buildoutAnnounced or preconstruction

Official EDF figure; no operating allocation.

Milestones (3)
EDF launched site-selection process

Dec 22, 2025 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Event type not stated

Source not linked
EDF selected Eclairion for Loire-sur-Rhone

May 28, 2026 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Event type not stated

Source not linked
First capacity expected no later than 2030

2030 · Forecast / planned record

Forecast · Event type not stated

Source not linked

Participants

Eclairion

Developer · Operator

Sources by role
Developer (1)
Developer (1)
Developer / Operator (1)
Operator (1)
EDF

Landowner

Sources by role
Landowner (1)
Landowner (1)
Landowner (1)
High Performance Capital Group

Investor

Sources by role
Investor (1)

Site & development

Site area approximately

Actual

14 hectares

Source

Technical specifications

Former thermal power station site

Actual

True

Source

Former power station decommissioned year

Actual

2005

Source

Near zero water consumption design claim

Actual

True

Source

Additional project facts

Selected by edf

Actual

True

Source

Due diligence underway

Actual

True

Source

First capacity target no later than

Actual

2030

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (1)
Electric grid

Planned or represented

350 MW

Former power-station site selected for up to 350 MW; lease, permits and final grid-service terms remain conditional.

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.