Bruno Retailleau: Mobilizing public land near nuclear plants and on brownfield sites for data centers
Proposal put forward by Bruno Retailleau on July 7, 2026. Topic: Siting and Land. The observatory also publishes quotes from 9 other public figures on this topic.
We will mobilize public land as a priority near existing nuclear parks and on rehabilitable brownfield sites.
Original quote (French)
Nous mobiliserons le foncier public en priorité à proximité des parcs nucléaires existants et sur les friches réhabilitables.Source: avecretailleau.fr · archived copy
Other candidates on this topic
- Bruno Le Maire: Ten-year programming laws covering data centers, supercomputers and semiconductors
- 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%
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon: Decree a moratorium on the installation of non-sovereign data centers, without public participation
- 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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