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Eclairion Loire-sur-Rhone AI Factory

PRJ-0389 · Site · Loire-sur-Rhone, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Record last updated Oct 28, 2026

Scope and capacity

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.

Headline: 350 MW Planned / design

Numbers refer to their stated physical boundaries and are not added together. Source dates, claim dates and record updates have different meanings. Missing dates and locators are not inferred.

Planned electrical capacity up to · 350 MW

Planned / design or future potential · Eclairion Loire-sur-Rhone AI Factory (Project)

Claim 35611 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

Headline treatment: Selected headline

  1. EDF 2026 half-year results presentation transcript

    EDF · Document date: Jul 31, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-1994 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://www.edf.fr/sites/groupe/files/2026-08/2026-07-31-edf-half-year-results-presentation-transcript-2026.pdf

  2. EDF selects Eclairion for a high-power data center at Loire-sur-Rhone

    Bref Eco · Document date: Jun 2, 2026 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-1998 · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://www.brefeco.com/actualite/logiciels-services-numeriques/edf-choisit-eclairion-pour-developper-un-data-center-de

  3. EDF selected Eclairion for the Loire-sur-Rhone site

    Eclairion · Document date: May 29, 2026 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-1995 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/eclairion_edf-a-retenu-eclairion-suite-%C3%A0-lami-pour-activity-7465791886864105472-C_-R

Selected by edf · True

Actual · Eclairion Loire-sur-Rhone AI Factory (Project)

Claim 35613 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: May 28, 2026

  1. EDF 2026 half-year results presentation transcript

    EDF · Document date: Jul 31, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-1994 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://www.edf.fr/sites/groupe/files/2026-08/2026-07-31-edf-half-year-results-presentation-transcript-2026.pdf

  2. EDF selected Eclairion for the Loire-sur-Rhone site

    Eclairion · Document date: May 29, 2026 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-1995 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/eclairion_edf-a-retenu-eclairion-suite-%C3%A0-lami-pour-activity-7465791886864105472-C_-R

  3. EDF selects Eclairion for 350 MW Loire-sur-Rhone data center

    News Tank Energies · Document date: May 28, 2026 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-1999 · News report · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://energies.newstank.fr/article/view/442529/edf-eclairion-choisi-developper-data-center-350-mw-site-loire-rhone.html

Site area approximately · 14 hectares

Actual · Eclairion Loire-sur-Rhone AI Factory (Project)

Claim 35614 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. EDF selects Eclairion for a high-power data center at Loire-sur-Rhone

    Bref Eco · Document date: Jun 2, 2026 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-1998 · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://www.brefeco.com/actualite/logiciels-services-numeriques/edf-choisit-eclairion-pour-developper-un-data-center-de

  2. EDF selects Eclairion for a 350 MW data center at Loire-sur-Rhone

    DCmag · Document date: Jun 1, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-1997 · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://dcmag.fr/edf-retient-eclairion-pour-construire-un-datacenter-de-350-mw-sur-le-site-de-loire-sur-rhone/

Former thermal power station site · True

Actual · Eclairion Loire-sur-Rhone AI Factory (Project)

Claim 35615 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. EDF selects SoftBank and Eclairion for former power-station AI data centers

    Data Center Dynamics · Document date: Jun 2, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-1996 · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/edf-selects-softbank-and-eclairion-to-deliver-ai-data-center-projects-at-former-power-stations-in-france/

  2. EDF again selects Eclairion for former power-station data center

    L'Usine Nouvelle · Document date: May 27, 2026 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-2000 · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://www.usinenouvelle.com/electronique-informatique/cloud-computing/datacenters/limpact-environnemental-a-ete-un-critere-fort-edf-choisit-de-nouveau-eclairion-pour-construire-un-datacenter-sur-un-ancien-site-pres-de-lyon.ANTB3646CZEM7ONK56A3DMRI3Y.html

Former power station decommissioned year · 2005

Actual · Eclairion Loire-sur-Rhone AI Factory (Project)

Claim 35616 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. EDF selects SoftBank and Eclairion for former power-station AI data centers

    Data Center Dynamics · Document date: Jun 2, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-1996 · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/edf-selects-softbank-and-eclairion-to-deliver-ai-data-center-projects-at-former-power-stations-in-france/

Due diligence underway · True

Actual · Eclairion Loire-sur-Rhone AI Factory (Project)

Claim 35617 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. EDF selects SoftBank and Eclairion for former power-station AI data centers

    Data Center Dynamics · Document date: Jun 2, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-1996 · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/edf-selects-softbank-and-eclairion-to-deliver-ai-data-center-projects-at-former-power-stations-in-france/

  2. EDF selects Eclairion for a high-power data center at Loire-sur-Rhone

    Bref Eco · Document date: Jun 2, 2026 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-1998 · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://www.brefeco.com/actualite/logiciels-services-numeriques/edf-choisit-eclairion-pour-developper-un-data-center-de

First capacity target no later than · 2030

Actual · Eclairion Loire-sur-Rhone AI Factory (Project)

Claim 35622 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. EDF selects Eclairion for a high-power data center at Loire-sur-Rhone

    Bref Eco · Document date: Jun 2, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-1998 · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://www.brefeco.com/actualite/logiciels-services-numeriques/edf-choisit-eclairion-pour-developper-un-data-center-de

Near zero water consumption design claim · True

Actual · Eclairion Loire-sur-Rhone AI Factory (Project)

Claim 35624 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. EDF selects Eclairion for a 350 MW data center at Loire-sur-Rhone

    DCmag · Document date: Jun 1, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-1997 · Recorded authority: Secondary

    Source URL

    https://dcmag.fr/edf-retient-eclairion-pour-construire-un-datacenter-de-350-mw-sur-le-site-de-loire-sur-rhone/

Counterparties and capital

Eclairion · Developer, Operator · CMP-0963

EDF · Landowner · CMP-0928

High Performance Capital Group · Investor · CMP-0964

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