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Mistral AI: data centre loan
GPU-backed loan for Mistral AI, US$830m, March 2026.
Key terms
- Borrower or issuer
- Mistral AI
- Date
- March 2026
- Structure
- GPU-backed loan
- Amount
- US$830m
- Pricing
- Not disclosed
- Security
- Finances ~13,800 Nvidia GB300 GPUs and 44MW at Eclairion site, Bruyeres-le-Chatel
What’s notable
A US$830m loan from a French bank group led by Bpifrance and BNP Paribas. It finances about 13,800 NVIDIA GB300 GPUs and 44MW at the Eclairion site south of Paris. It is a rare example of a European AI lab borrowing against its own compute, with state-linked lenders in the group.
Recorded terms
- Lender type
- Bank loansNamed lender: BNP Paribas
- Security
- Finances ~13,800 Nvidia GB300 GPUs and 44MW at Eclairion site, Bruyeres-le-Chatel
- Lenders and arrangers
- Bpifrance, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole CIB, HSBC, La Banque Postale, MUFG, Natixis CIB
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Sources
- Mistral AI data centre loanSource date: 2026-03
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