Mistral Urges Telcos to Get Into the Hyperscaler Game
Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch is urging European telcos to invest in building data center infrastructure and "becoming hyperscalers" to boost the regional AI ecosystem. The company's investment in its own data center in France aims to serve domestic customers, while also moving down the stack to provide services to data centers. Mench emphasizes the need for more actors in the field compared to the current cloud market dominated by a few giants.
- This push from Mistral highlights the growing importance of regional players in the AI and cloud computing space, as global telcos seek to strengthen their ties with local markets.
- How will the increasing focus on regional data centers and hyperscalers impact the future of European cloud infrastructure, particularly in terms of security and sovereignty?