Operator “guarantees that European values such as data protection and data security are adhered to and that data is only processed in accordance with European standards”
In yet another announcement, involving NVIDIA, European sovereignty, AI and a European operator, the chip maker and Deutsche Telekom (DT) are teaming up. They will build the world’s first industrial AI cloud for European manufacturers on German soil. They want to pave the way for an AI Gigafactory and turn Germany into an industrial hub by exploiting AI for competitive advantage.
The implementation of the industrial AI cloud is to take place by 2026 at the latest, they stated.
NVIDIA brings the tech, DT the security
The AI factory in Germany is intended to support industrial AI workloads for European manufacturers. It will have 10,000 GPUs through NVIDIA DGX B200 systems and RTX Pro Servers running NVIDIA CUDA-X, RTX and Omniverse accelerated workloads from leading software vendors.
DT will provide secure, sovereign and fast infrastructure and be responsible for data centres, operations, sales, security and AI solutions. “It also guarantees that European values such as data protection and data security are adhered to and that data is only processed in accordance with European standards,” the press statement continued.
Matter of urgency
“Europe’s technological future needs a sprint, not a stroll. We must seize the opportunities of artificial intelligence now, revolutionise our industry and secure a leading position in the global technology competition. Our economic success depends on quick decisions and collaborative innovations” said Timotheus Höttges (pictured), CEO of Deutsche Telekom.
“In the era of AI, every manufacturer needs two factories: one for making things, and one for creating the intelligence that powers them,” added Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “By building Europe’s first industrial AI infrastructure, we’re enabling the region’s leading industrial companies to advance simulation-first, AI-driven manufacturing.”
This follows an announcement from NVIDIA regarding tie-ups with four other European operators – Orange, Swisscom, Telefónica and Telenor – “to develop secure, scalable sovereign AI infrastructure across the region”.
