Telekom data center to boost German AI performance by half
In Munich, Telekom is opening its largest AI data center to date with Nvidia technology and political dignitaries.
Tim Höttges, Deutsche Telekom
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Telekom CEO Tim Höttges has given the go-ahead for the AI data center, rebuilt since mid-2025, in Munich's Tucherpark. It is intended to enable German and European customers in particular to operate their respective AI models sovereignly. It also provides sufficient computing power for training large language models, specifically for the European sovereign LLM Soofi.
The Telekom division T-Systems is building the first module of its “Industrial AI Cloud” together with partner Polarise, which installs and operates the hardware. In its final configuration, a total of around 10,000 AI accelerators will be computing in four underground rooms. A mix of Nvidia DGX B200 SuperPod and servers, each with multiple RTX 6000 Pro Blackwell Servers, will be used.
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According to Telekom, the new data center will provide around 50 percent of the total AI performance that could currently be booked in Germany as a whole, with 0.5 exaflops of computing power for AI algorithms in its final configuration.
Data Center Retrofit
The construction of the data center is technically interesting because an existing, older data center was converted (retrofit). It extends over more than five underground floors directly next to the Eisbach, which is known for its surfing wave. Its water is also used for cooling.
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The first AI servers have already been rented to customers, but the four rooms on two floors are far from being fully completed.
With an estimated total supply and cooling capacity of around 15 to 20 megawatts (MW), the Tucherpark data center is one of the smaller AI data centers currently planned in Germany. However, it already provides very high performance. Telekom, together with its partners, is investing around 1 billion euros in the project, according to its statements.
In addition to Telekom CEO Tim Höttges, speakers at the opening event in Munich included Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder and German Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil.
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