NVIDIA and Germany are joining forces to launch Europe’s inaugural industrial AI cloud, a significant endeavor intended to strengthen the continent’s technological independence. The collaboration, spearheaded by NVIDIA and Deutsche Telekom, will build an ‘AI factory’ centered on manufacturing, furnishing European industrial companies with the capabilities to transform design processes and robotic automation.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang emphasized the importance of this shift, stating, “In the era of AI, every manufacturer needs two factories: one for making things, and one for creating the intelligence that powers them.” The initiative will utilize 10,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs and is designed to empower Germany’s Mittelstand (small and medium-sized enterprises) and academic institutions. NEURA Robotics, for example, is leveraging the computing power to develop a connected network enabling robots to learn collaboratively.
This project is considered a crucial step towards a more extensive European AI gigafactory, supported by both the EU and Germany, with a target launch date of 2027. This move underscores a concerted effort to achieve technological self-sufficiency throughout Europe.