Google to Invest €5.5 Billion in German AI Push

Google announced new investments in the European market. The company plans to invest €5.5 billion in Germany from 2026 to 2029, marking its largest commitment in the country to date.

The plan includes building a new data center in Dietzenbach near Frankfurt, expanding its existing Hanau data center, and enlarging office spaces in Berlin, Frankfurt, and Munich. The Dietzenbach data center will feature Google’s first heat recovery project in Germany, supplying excess heat to more than 2,000 local households via the district heating network.

Google Cloud’s German regions will offer advanced AI services, including Vertex AI with Gemini models, and continue to deliver sovereign cloud services to comply with local and European data regulations. Companies like Microsoft and Google are expanding their computing capabilities across Europe to deploy more AI services and to ensure data sovereignty. The investment is positioned as a response to Europe’s push for digital sovereignty, with Google emphasising that customers are not locked into a single vendor.