Overview
- Plans include a new data center in Dietzenbach near Frankfurt and an expansion of existing capacity in Hesse, alongside office growth in Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich.
- Google says the investment will support around 9,000 jobs per year as the projects roll out through 2029.
- The package features sustainability measures such as long-term purchases of wind and solar power and a heat‑recovery project to reuse data‑center heat locally.
- At a Berlin news conference, Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil welcomed the move and said the project will not receive state subsidies.
- The announcement comes as Europe works to close its AI computing gap with the U.S. and China, with Google emphasizing ‘sovereign’ cloud options tailored to local requirements.