Amazon, meanwhile, made a commitment to invest 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in France, which will go toward creating more than 3,000 jobs and increasing Amazon's footprint in the country. Microsoft and Amazon are ploughing billions of dollars into France.

Microsoft and Amazon are investing billions in France to boost their presence in artificial intelligence as part of President Emmanuel Macron’s push to draw international investors.

Amazon said it will invest in building out cloud computing infrastructure in anticipation of growing demand from the artificial intelligence sector