# Germany Pushes a Data Center Buildout It Says Will Quadruple AI Capacity by 2030

Chancellor Friedrich Merz says construction is proceeding at a scale Germany has not previously reached, against a national strategy targeting up to 2,000 megawatts of AI and high-performance computing capacity.

- Published: 2026-09-07T06:22:00.097Z
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Germany is building data centers at a scale the country has not previously reached, according to a post by the AI Post channel. The claim follows a policy program with published targets. Germany's natio…

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