Overview
- The KI‑Taskforce released its outcome report on Monday with 18 measures and clear 2030 targets to drive adoption across the economy and state.
- Targets include at least 80 percent of large firms and 55 percent of SMEs using AI, 90 percent of federal authorities running at least one productive AI application, and AI contributing more than 10 percent of economic output by 2030.
- The strategy calls for a major expansion of compute and data infrastructure, with plans reported to increase KI data‑centre capacity roughly 300 percent versus 2025 and billions in state support for cloud, AI and data projects.
- Industry leaders pressed for faster access to high‑end compute, industrial data and lighter innovation rules while warning that U.S. and Chinese model export controls create a dependence risk that Germany must offset with ‘sovereign’ capacity and partnerships.
- Political debate has opened over sharing AI gains and cushioning workers, with CDU vice‑chair Karin Prien proposing a KI tax and unions and firms noting real job pain in robotics firms where revenues fell and mass layoffs have been announced.