US EditionFrench state formally bids €410M for Atos' HPC assets
- Atos' board has approved the French government's €410 million offer to purchase the Advanced Computing division as part of a deal expected to finalize in 2025.
- The offer follows protracted negotiations since November 2024 and includes potential €110 million earn-outs based on 2025-2026 performance.
- The transaction does not include Atos' Vision AI division, which will stay within Eviden and accounts for more than 30% of the Advanced Computing division’s operating profit.
- Atos expects the Advanced Computing business to generate around €800 million in 2025 revenue and views the deal as aligned with its plan for profitability and restructuring.
- The deal is expected to close in 2026, providing Atos crucial liquidity while enabling the French state to secure strategic HPC and quantum computing capabilities domestically.
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These extremely powerful computers are used in particular for nuclear deterrence. The operation of EUR 410 million will be finalised by the first half of 2026.
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18:13 The French government is offering 410 million euros for the supercomputer activities of the ailing IT group Atos. Paris wants to shield its strategic interests with the takeover.
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