Google to invest $6.4 billion in cloud infrastructure in Germany

Google will invest 5.5 billion euros ($6.41 billion) in Germany in the coming years in a push to expand its infrastructure and data centre capacity in Europe’s largest economy, company and government officials said on Tuesday.
The plan includes a new data centre in Dietzenbach, close to Frankfurt, as well as the expansion of the US company’s site in the city of Hanau, also in the central German state of Hesse, Google and state officials said at a news conference in Berlin.
Marianne Janik, vice president for Google Cloud Northern Europe, told Reuters that the investment, to be made in the 2026-2029 period, would involve 100 people working in Dietzenbach and Hanau, respectively.
Philipp Justus, Google’s head in Germany, said the plan was likely to secure a total of 9,000 indirect jobs in the region.