Google will invest 5.5 billion euros in Germany over the next four years.
The Internet giant’s largest investment program for Germany to date includes the construction of a new data center in the Hesse district town of Dietzenbach, Google Germany boss Philipp Justus announced in Berlin. The existing data center in neighboring Hanau is to be expanded. In addition, the Google locations in Munich, Frankfurt and Berlin are to be expanded.
Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil (SPD) praised the Google plans for the years 2026 to 2029 as “real future investments in innovations, artificial intelligence, climate-neutral transformation and future jobs in Germany”. “This is exactly what we need right now.” Google said the investment program is “expected to secure around 9,000 jobs in Germany annually until 2029.”
“Leading location for data centers in Europe”
Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger (CDU) said: “We want to make Germany a leading location for data centers in Europe.” The announced investment by Google shows how attractive Germany is for digital infrastructure.
The business of Google, but also other tech companies such as Microsoft, Amazon and local providers such as the Schwarz Group, IONOS and Deutsche Telekom, is currently driven by a great need for cloud services. In addition, the greater use of artificial intelligence applications requires massive additional computing capacity.
Just last week, Telekom and the US AI chip developer NVIDIA announced that they wanted to invest together in a data center in Munich. It’s about a billion euros. According to the industry association Bitkom, data center operators in Germany will invest around 12 billion euros this year.
Boom in the Rhine-Main region
The Rhine-Main region in particular benefits from this trend in Germany. The large Internet exchange DE-CIX is located in the greater Frankfurt area. Data center operators can transfer huge amounts of data without delay via the gigantic data exchange point.
For the new plant in Dietzenbach, Hesse, Google has developed a concept to use and reuse excess heat. The waste heat is to be fed into the district heating network of Energiebedarf Offenbach AG (EVO) and used by citizens. Once operational, the data center will be able to supply more than 2,000 local households with hot water and heat.
Search for clean electricity
Google has officially announced the goal of sustainably minimizing the impact on the climate and the environment in its cloud services. To do this, Google requires electricity that comes from renewable sources around the clock and every day of the year in order to minimize its carbon footprint. In this context, Google announced the expansion of its partnership for CO?-free energy around the clock with the company Engie in Germany, which has existed since 2021, until 2030 in order to make an increased contribution to the energy transition and grid stability in Germany.
Engie is one of the world’s largest providers of renewable energy, energy services and technical infrastructure. In Germany, Engie plans, builds and operates wind power, photovoltaic and hydropower plants, battery storage and pumped storage power plants. Through several clean energy initiatives, Google’s operations in Germany are expected to be powered by 85 percent or more of CO2-free energy by 2026, the company announced.
Historic post office building modernized
In addition to new infrastructure, Google continues to invest in its office presence throughout Germany. This particularly affects the Munich location, where Google employs over 1,000 developers. After the restoration and modernization of the former parcel delivery office in Munich’s Maxvorstadt, a “state-of-the-art development center with 30,000 square meters of office space” for up to 1,500 Google employees will be created in the building complex. Once completed at the end of 2026, the project at the historic Arnulfpost will also create public areas that will be accessible to all Munich residents.
Alphabet shares, listed on the NASDAQ, temporarily gained 0.14 percent to $291.00.
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