Japan's SoftBank Group will invest 45 billion euros ($53 billion) over the next five years in a push to build up artificial intelligence infrastructure in France, the company announced on Saturday. SoftBank said the investment, described as the biggest of its kind so far in Europe, would be made in the northern Hauts-de-France region and deliver 3.1 GW of capacity. The investment plans are due to be formally announced on Monday at the annual Choose France business conference. French engineering