Five of Europe’s biggest companies just bought compute Mistral has not built
THE SO WHAT
Mistral selling future ‘compute units’ to ASML and other giants is pre-selling capacity like a power plant — locking in demand and financing data center buildout before the racks exist. If you’re a large buyer, expect more vendors to push you toward long-term capacity contracts rather than pay-as-you-go API spend.
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