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The €11 billion facility will house up to 100,000 GPUs to support AI development and aims to strengthen European digital sovereignty, officials said.
- On Monday, Schwarz Group executives broke ground on a roughly 11 billion euro digital hub in Luebbenau, Spreewald region, attended by German Minister for Digitalisation Karsten Wildberger.
- Germany's Schwarz Group is building a 11 billion euro data centre, responding to Europe's push for digital sovereignty discussed at a Tuesday summit. Schumann said, `We provide sovereign digital services with European values`.
- Built on a former power plant, the complex will feature six modules each the size of four football fields and can accommodate up to 100,000 GPUs, qualifying as an AI 'giga-factory' under the EU 20 billion euro fund.
- Schwarz Group's Stackit could be an early client, with three centres expected operational by the end of 2027 and plans to use residual heat to warm homes from 2028.
- Critics praised the move but flagged ecological and capacity risks; Schumann said the centre will offer 'secure and independent infrastructure,' while Engels warned of a 'huge ecological footprint.
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Germany hopes new data centre can help bring 'digital sovereignty'
A new mega data centre is slated to rise in a rural stretch of eastern Germany in what backers hope is a starting point for a European AI sector that can compete with the United States and China.
With 100,000 AI chips, the Schwarz Group not only wants to process its own data, but above all to offer cloud services for external customers. For this purpose, the discounter group invests eleven billion euros in Lübbenau, Brandenburg.[more]]>
The Schwarz Group is building a new data center in the middle of the Spreewald. The digital minister is cheering, but the road to digital sovereignty is still a long way away.
It is the largest single investment in the company's history: six modules, one campus and 200 megawatts. The Schwarz Group is building a large plant for AI chips in the Spreewald. It is supposed to be ready in two years' time.
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