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Behind the data center boom in France
What are the real benefits of the current data center development frenzy, and for whom? And what will the costs be?
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Intelligence, military, healthcare, business... Palantir makes headway into Europe
Palantir, which generates most of its revenue in the United States, is seeking to acquire new clients in Europe, both in the private sector and among governments.
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Palantir, a Big Tech company at the heart of the Trump administration
Palantir and its leaders are both standard-bearers for the reactionary international and deeply embedded in the corporate sphere.
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Revealed: a large share of TotalEnergies’ profits are fueled by oil and gas trading gains
Year after year, the profits generated by TotalEnergies’ subsidiaries dedicated to oil and gas trading account for 40%, and sometimes as much as 80%, of the dividends paid to the parent company.
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Big Tech, operators, investment funds, suppliers... Who really benefits from the data center boom in France?
The French government has been ramping up measures to attract data centers in the country. mostly benefitting U.S. companies. French businesses are vying to get a slice of the pie.
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MGX, the shady Emirati fund behind France’s flagship “sovereign” data center project
A giant data center set for construction in the small town of Fouju is touted as the archetype of a “sovereign” digital infrastructure, but it is controlled by an Abu Dhabi-based firm, MGX, which should raise concern.
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The Reactionary International
A series of investigations about international ultraconservative networks, their funding and their influence in France and Europe.
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Inside the far-right network targeting Europe’s digital rules
The Trump administration and a network of far-right think tanks and politicians are increasingly targeting the EU’s digital regulations and rules on content moderation.
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Revealed: The French state’s discreet stake in TotalEnergies
We reveal that the French state – via its financial arm Caisse des dépôts et consignations – holds a €1.7 billion stake in the oil and gas giant, which was until now shrouded in secrecy.
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Google in Châteauroux: the inside story of a massive data center project
Google has plans to build a massive 195-hectare data center about ten kilometers from Châteauroux— its first in France.. Locally, there is very little information on the project.
Multinationals Dissected
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Engie
The energy giant, heir to France’s public service for gas, now seems enslaved to financial markets.
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Vivendi
Advertising, book publishing, television, media, video games: the Vincent Bolloré-controlled conglomerate yields a lot of influence.
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L’Oréal
The global cosmetics giant knows how to keep up appearances, but can it be trusted?
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Sanofi
A pharma giant that has become synonymous with job cuts and prioritising shareholders over public health.
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Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
A global shopping centres giant that has the ear of local politicians.
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TotalEnergies
The French oil and gas giant, one of the world’s biggest polluters, as powerful as it is contested.
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Orano
The company born from the collapse of Areva has refocused on uranium, from mining to waste management, without addressing the problems of the past.
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Worldline
A global leader in payment services, built through successive acquisitions and restructuring
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