Shares of SoftBank fell 10% amid a decline in other Asian tech giants. There are market concerns over the Japanese investment firm's high-risk bets on AI.
SoftBank's concentrated AI bets are reviving concerns over its mounting debt. The company's shares have surged about 70% this year on investor enthusiasm over AI.
Masayoshi Son said that his Tokyo-based technology conglomerate would unleash at least $52 billion of investment in French data centers.
SoftBank Group's Masayoshi Son has become the richest person in Asia amid the AI boom. Market euphoria has propelled shares of the Tokyo-listed investment giant to a record high, making it Japan's mos
Marley Kayden explains why crude oil is climbing again as renewed Middle East tensions support prices. Sam Vadas breaks down the rally in SoftBank shares fueled by AI and OpenAI investment optimism.

SoftBank CEO: AI '50x bigger' than dotcom boom

07:27am, Monday, 01'st Jun 2026
In an exclusive interview with CNBC, Masayoshi Son, the founder and CEO of SoftBank Group, discusses the "tremendous" opportunities in AI, and his view that any market correction would be "the best in
AI revolution is '50x bigger' than the dotcom boom: SoftBank's Masayoshi Son to CNBC
We are live in Paris where Japan's Softbank has pledged up to €75bn for Europe's largest A.I. data centre project.
Softbank has announced plans to invest €75 billion in France, as the Japanese conglomerate looks to build out five gigawatts of AI data centre capacity in the country. CNBC's Arjun's Kharpal reports
Japan's Nikkei 225 rose above 67,000 for the first time on Monday, as a surge in SoftBank Group turned the technology investor into the country's most valuable listed company and underlined the growin
Japan's Softbank is planning to invest 45 billion euros ($53 billion) over five years to build AI infrastructure in France in the first phase of its push. The commitment is part of a 75-billion-euro (
SoftBank Group announced today that it plans to spend up to €75 billion (around $87 billion) to expand data center capacity in France.
SoftBank is promising to spend at least $52 billion on building a network of massive data centers in France, helping advance Europe's goal of tech independence with what would be the continent's large
Japan's SoftBank Group will invest €45 billion over the next five years in a push ​to build up artificial intelligence infrastructure in France, ‌founder Masayoshi Son told the paper La Tribune
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