Mastercard Invests €250M in New French Data Centers

Mastercard announced investing €250 million to build three new data centers across France, fortifying its payment infrastructure.

The development is a part of comprehensive strategy of creating a distributed and sustainable infrastructure that can function from anywhere. This ensures strength against geopolitical or natural interruptions and retain hassle-free transactions for consumers, governments, and, enterprises.

The company provides over €800 billion in cardholder activities every quarter. This is possible with more than 900M Mastercard-branded cards in networks all over Europe and collaborations with major fintechs and banks in all 27 EU states.

The European network of Mastercard has evolved to fulfil the regional demands, offering reliable, secure, and consumer-first payment solutions. The new French data center supports over a dozen of facilities all over Europe, augmenting security, capability, and operational strength.

The company stresses that its new technology can function under pressure, 24/7, helping millions of users dependent on Mastercard for regular payments.

By availing infrastructure locally and extending capabilities, Mastercard wants to provide an always functional and fortified network that represents European payments ecosystem.