German start-up plans 30-megawatt AI data centre in boost to sovereign control

FILE PHOTO: AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters and robot hand are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration created on June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

FRANKFURT, March 10 (Reuters) - German ⁠start-up Polarise plans to build a new 30-megawatt artificial intelligence data centre that ⁠would double Germany's domestically-run computing capacity as European nations push to gain more ‌control over critical tech infrastructure.

The facility, set to come online in the Bavarian town of Amberg in mid-2027, could eventually expand to 120 MW, the company told Reuters.