France's 2CRSi wins €60m-plus order to deliver 83 NVIDIA HGX B300 AI servers to Exaion by year-end

French high-performance server maker 2CRSi announced on November 3 that it has received a binding order worth more than €60 million from long-time partner Exaion for 83 NVIDIA HGX B300 AI servers, together with associated storage and maintenance services, all to be delivered by the end of 2026. (Photo is a file image of AI data-centre servers, not the HGX B300 units in this order.)

Delivery schedule: 17 this week, all 83 by December

Under the announced schedule, the first 17 servers will be delivered this week, 33 more by the end of November, and the final 33 before the end of December. 2CRSi chairman and CEO Alain Wilmouth said the order reflects renewed confidence from customers and suppliers in its solutions and demonstrates the company's ability to rapidly deliver latest-generation AI infrastructure designed and assembled in France.

Purpose: from training to private on-premises inference

The two companies have partnered since 2021, combining 2CRSi's server design and manufacturing with immersion-cooling technology and Exaion's expertise in digital infrastructure, cloud and advanced computing. Exaion currently operates four data centres in France and Canada and aims for 300 MW of capacity, with 20 MW expected to be operational in 2027. The new servers will help Exaion expand from model training into private on-premises inference, letting organisations run AI on their own premises while keeping control of their strategic data.

Exaion chairman and CEO Fatih Balyeli said private on-premises inference is a key priority for companies that want to take full advantage of AI while keeping control of their data, and that digital sovereignty depends on deploying high-performing, secure and fully controlled computing infrastructure. Exaion was co-founded in 2020 as a spin-off of EDF's Pulse incubation programme; its Canadian subsidiary, Exaion Inc., is based in Montreal and serves North American customers. 2CRSi was founded in 2005 in Strasbourg, listed on Euronext Paris in 2018 and moved to Euronext Growth in November 2022.