David Lisnard: Criticism of the idea that data centers financed by foreign capital with American AI models constitute digital sovereignty
Statement made by David Lisnard on February 11, 2026. Topic: Digital Sovereignty and Cloud. The observatory also publishes quotes from 17 other public figures on this topic.
building data centers in France financed by foreign capital to run American AI models on Nvidia chips, thanks to cheap nuclear energy and a few land acquisition facilities, is not digital sovereignty
Original quote (French)
construire des data centers en France financés par des capitaux étrangers pour faire tourner des modèles d’IA américains sur des puces Nvidia, grâce à de l’énergie nucléaire bon marché et quelques facilités d’acquisition du foncier, ce n’est pas de la souveraineté numériqueSource: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy
Other candidates on this topic
- Bruno Le Maire: Pooling semiconductors and AI in a European Federation of six nation states
- Bruno Retailleau: Launch a digital Vauban plan led by ANSSI (sovereign cloud, mapping, stress tests)
- Dominique de Villepin: Steering the AI and quantum computing effort at the European level, backed by public procurement
- Emmanuel Maurel: Develop open AI models trained on accessible data
- Florian Philippot: Adopt a digital sovereignty law enshrining the State's duty to protect its data
- François Ruffin: Make the State the majority shareholder in targeted production hubs, including digital technology
- Gabriel Attal: Believes that without a shift on AI within five years, France will be dependent on the United States and China
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon: Place digital and telecommunications infrastructure under public control and relocate it
- Juan Branco: Launch a computing plan with co-nationalization of STMicro based on open architectures
- Karim Bouamrane: Keeping National Control of Artificial Intelligence and Setting Its Rules
- Marine Tondelier: Developing a network of decentralized public digital infrastructure
- Natacha Polony: Rebuilding a national industrial policy for AI, from rare earths to powering data centers
- Nicolas Dupont-Aignan: Require tax domiciliation in France for the subsidiaries of digital giants
- Olivier Becht: Give a European confederation of 6 to 10 states a competence over innovation and a unified AI market
- Raphaël Glucksmann: Ending dependence on GAFAM within 5 years through a European sovereign fund
- Sarah Knafo: Allow member states to reserve their strategic public procurement contracts for European companies
- Édouard Philippe: Call to build full European sovereignty covering AI, energy and defense
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