Germany is positioning itself as a leader in industrial AI with the launch of a groundbreaking AI cloud infrastructure. This initiative, driven by a partnership between Deutsche Telekom and NVIDIA, seeks to transform manufacturing processes across Europe.

The AI factory, located in germany, will provide European industrial leaders with the resources to accelerate AI adoption in key areas such as design, engineering, simulation, digital twins, and robotics. The goal is to create a “simulation-first,AI-driven manufacturing” surroundings,according to Jensen huang,founder and CEO of NVIDIA.

Timotheus Höttges, CEO of Deutsche Telekom AG, emphasized the urgency of embracing AI: “Europe’s technological future needs a sprint, not a stroll. We must seize the opportunities of artificial intelligence now, revolutionize our industry and secure a leading position in the global technology competition. Our economic success depends on rapid decisions and collaborative innovations.”

The initial phase of this AI infrastructure will feature 10,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, including Nvidia DGX GB200 systems and NVIDIA RTX PRO Servers, along with NVIDIA networking and AI software.

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Physical AI and cognitive robotics firm NEURA Robotics will leverage these resources to enhance its training centers for cognitive robots. Their Neuraverse platform enables robots to learn from each other, creating an ecosystem for robotic intelligence applicable to various industrial and domestic tasks.

David Reger, founder and CEO of NEURA Robotics, sees this initiative as vital for Europe’s technological sovereignty: “Physical AI is the electricity of the future – it will power every machine on the planet. Through this initiative, we’re helping build the sovereign infrastructure Europe needs to lead in intelligent robotics and stay in control of its future.”

A Deloitte study highlights the importance of expanding data center capacity for Germany’s competitiveness, projecting a tripling of demand to 5 gigawatts within five years.

Driving Germany’s Industrial Ecosystem

Deutsche Telekom will manage the AI factory, offering AI cloud computing resources to the broader European industrial landscape. This includes access to NVIDIA CUDA-X libraries, NVIDIA RTX, and Omniverse-accelerated workloads from software providers like Siemens, Ansys, Cadence, and rescale.

The initiative aims to benefit a wide range of entities, from small and medium-sized businesses (Mittelstand) to academic institutions, research facilities, and major corporations.

“Europe’s technological future needs a sprint, not a stroll… Our economic success depends on quick decisions and collaborative innovations.”
Timotheus Höttges, CEO, deutsche Telekom AG

A Speedboat Toward AI Gigafactories

The industrial AI cloud is designed to accelerate the adoption of AI-driven manufacturing practices, paving the way for Germany’s transition to AI gigafactories. This broader initiative, backed by the European Union, Germany, and other partners, envisions a 100,000 GPU-powered program.

Expected to launch in 2027, the AI gigafactory project will provide state-of-the-art AI infrastructure to enterprises, startups, researchers, and universities through high-performance computing centers.

As of March, approximately 900 Germany-based members of the NVIDIA Inception program will be eligible to access these AI resources. NVIDIA also provides learning courses through its Deep Learning Institute to promote AI education and certification.