Jean-Luc Mélenchon: Moratorium on data centers intended for foreign companies subject to U.S. law
Proposal put forward by Jean-Luc Mélenchon on July 22, 2026. Topic: Siting and Land. The observatory also publishes quotes from 9 other public figures on this topic.
We must be able to store our data in a sovereign manner. So first of all we need a moratorium on the construction of data centers intended for foreign private companies, subject to U.S. law.
Original quote (French)
Nous devons être capable de stocker de manière souveraine nos données. Il faut donc d’abord un moratoire sur la construction des centres de données destinés à des entreprises privées étrangères, soumises au droit américain.Source: melenchon.fr · archived copy
Other candidates on this topic
- Bruno Le Maire: Ten-year programming laws covering data centers, supercomputers and semiconductors
- Bruno Retailleau: Raising sovereign computing capacity to around 1 GW by 2030, then toward 4 GW in 2035-2038
- Delphine Batho: Subjecting the proliferation of data centers to collective debate
- Dominique de Villepin: Require priority siting of data centers on brownfield sites
- François Ruffin: Regulate data center siting by favoring French groups with state capital
- Gabriel Attal: Raising Europe's share of global computing power from 3% to 20%
- Marine Tondelier: Bringing data centers back within the scope of the Commission nationale du débat public
- Nicolas Dupont-Aignan: Having mega data-processing and hosting centers that produce heat
- Xavier Bertrand: States that France can impose its conditions on data centers located on its soil
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