Google announced a €5.5 billion commitment to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure across Germany through 2029, in what the company described as its largest single investment in the country.
The plan includes new and upgraded data centers, renewable energy initiatives, and regional development programs designed to deepen Google’s operational and economic footprint in Europe.
The company will build a new data center in Dietzenbach near Frankfurt, one of Europe’s fastest-growing digital infrastructure hubs. The facility will join Google’s existing campus in Hanau, which is being expanded to serve rising compute demands for AI workloads and cloud services.
Together, these sites will underpin regional operations for services such as Vertex AI, Gemini model training, and Google’s sovereign cloud offerings for European public institutions.
The initiative comes as part of a wider European strategy to strengthen Google’s AI and cloud presence while meeting increasingly strict local regulations on data privacy and sovereignty.
By building infrastructure within the European Union, Google aims to ensure compliance with the EU’s evolving framework around data governance, while enabling enterprises to access next-generation AI models without transferring sensitive information across borders.
Sustainability And Local Development At The Core
Alongside infrastructure growth, Google aims sustainability as a key pillar of the investment. The company has extended its partnership with French energy group Engie to accelerate the supply of 24/7 carbon-free energy across its German operations.
By 2026, the company expects to power its German data centers with approximately 85 percent carbon-free energy. The new facilities will also integrate circular resource systems, including a district heating initiative in Dietzenbach that will repurpose waste heat from servers to supply more than 2,000 local households.
Economic impact assessments commissioned by Google estimate that the investment will add more than €1 billion to Germany’s GDP annually and sustain around 9,000 jobs per year through 2029.
This includes both direct employment and indirect effects across the energy, construction, and digital services sectors.
In addition, Google plans to expand its office presence in Munich, Berlin, and Frankfurt while partnering with German non-profits and universities to develop new digital skills programs.
