Federal Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger (CDU) rejected concerns at the opening of a Google AI center in Berlin that the growing dependence on US technology companies was endangering Germany’s digital sovereignty. “Digital sovereignty doesn’t mean that you do everything alone,” said Wildberger. You work “in partnerships at eye level”.
In the new “Google AI Center” on Berlin’s Museum Island, the group brings together teams from Google DeepMind, Google Research and Google Cloud. The center is part of a 5.5 billion euro investment program with which Google wants to expand its infrastructure in Germany by 2029. This also includes a new data center in Dietzenbach and the expansion of the locations in Munich and Frankfurt.
Berlin Governing Mayor Kai Wegner (CDU) described the center as a vote of confidence in the strength and future viability of the capital.
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