Antimatter Launches AI Data Center Plan With €300M Funding

Antimatter, a France-based cloud infrastructure company for AI workloads, launched on May 4 by combining three existing companies: Datafactory, Policloud, and Hivenet. The company is raising 300 million euros (US$351 million) to deploy 100 micro data center units in 2026 for AI inference operations.

Global Operations and Power Infrastructure

Antimatter plans to set up its global headquarters in Hong Kong. The company has secured more than 1GW of power capacity across sites in the US, Europe, and the Gulf. Current operations include over 160MW in Texas and Oregon, with 17 units already running across eight sites.

Leadership and Financial Performance

Antimatter is led by David Gurlé, a former Microsoft and Skype executive. According to the company, it has US$20 million in annual revenue and US$4 million in EBIT.

Funding Partners

The funding round includes SC Ventures (the investment arm of Standard Chartered), Inria Participations (the investment vehicle of French research institute Inria), Global Ventures, and OneRagtime.