Core Insights - Nvidia and Deutsche Telekom are investing €1 billion (approximately ¥82.04 billion) to build a data center in Germany to enhance the infrastructure supporting complex AI systems in Europe [1][3] - The facility is set to become one of the largest data centers in Europe and is expected to be operational by Q1 2026 [3] - The project aims to significantly boost Germany's AI computing power by approximately 50% [3] Investment and Collaboration - The announcement was made during an event in Berlin, attended by executives from Nvidia, Deutsche Telekom, SAP, Deutsche Bank, and German government officials, highlighting Germany's efforts to build a local AI ecosystem to compete with the US and China [3] - Nvidia's CEO emphasized that this project represents one of the largest deployments of advanced AI chips in Germany [3] - SAP will provide its business technology platform and related applications for the data center, which will expand an existing facility in Munich [3] Comparison with US Investments - The project will utilize up to 10,000 GPUs, which is a small fraction compared to the 500,000 GPUs planned for a data center project in Texas by SoftBank, OpenAI, and Oracle [4] - The EU announced a €200 billion plan to support AI development, aiming to triple the region's AI computing power over the next five to seven years [4] - Deutsche Telekom is in discussions with other companies to participate in building "AI gigafactories," but progress has been slow due to unclear project evaluation and funding allocation processes by the EU [4]