PARIS, May 13 (Reuters) - Technology and software giant

Microsoft ( MSFT ) will invest 4 billion euros ($4.3 billion) in

France as part of the annual 'Choose France' business summit,

its vice chair and president Brad Smith told Le Figaro paper.

Smith said much of this investment money would focus on the

artificial intelligence (AI) sector and that Microsoft ( MSFT ) would set

up a data centre in the French city of Mulhouse.

($1 = 0.9286 euros)