BERLIN: US tech giant Nvidia and Deutsche Telekom on Tuesday announced plans to launch a one-billion-euro (US$1.1 billion) industrial AI cloud centre early next year, billed as a “secure and sovereign” infrastructure project.
Deutsche Telekom said the “AI factory” would enable companies in Germany and Europe “to develop, train and use AI for every manufacturing application from design to robotics via a secure and sovereign IT infrastructure”.
The site in the southern German city of Munich would be powered by thousands of Nvidia’s advanced artificial intelligence chips and is set to go into operation in the first quarter of 2026.
“Germany’s engineering and industrial strengths are legendary, and now it’s being supercharged by AI,” said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at a launch event for the project in Berlin.
Deutsche Telekom, Germany’s biggest telecommunications operator, is providing the physical infrastructure while German firm SAP is supplying the software platforms, including AI technologies, to run the site.
The announcement comes as Europe scrambles to catch up in the AI race with the United States and China, which have made huge strides in developing AI models.
Concerns are also growing in Europe about “data sovereignty”, ensuring that citizens’ data is stored at home rather than overseas by US tech giants.
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