Nvidia Plans to Build an AI Factory for Industry in Germany

Europe's First Industrial AI Factory Nvidia Plans to Build an AI Factory for Industry in Germany

2025-06-16 From Susanne Braun | Translated by AI 2 min Reading Time

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With the construction of an AI Factory, Nvidia plans to establish Europe’s first industrial AI cloud in Germany. The data center is set to be equipped with 10,000 GPUs to support European manufacturers in their digital transformation.

Nvidia is planning to build an AI factory in Germany to support the digital transformation of European manufacturers.(Image: Nvidia) — Nvidia is planning to build an AI factory in Germany to support the digital transformation of European manufacturers.
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During his speech at the GTC Paris, Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang spoke of plans to set up an AI factory in Germany, which is to realize the first industrial AI cloud in Europe. The announcement was confirmed by the company on June 11, 2025, but anyone who wants to know exactly where this AI factory will be built will have to be patient: Nvidia has not yet named the location or a specific timetable.

The aim is to use 10,000 Nvidia GPUs in the plant to help European manufacturers with their digital transformation. This should make it possible to accelerate all manufacturing applications, be it design, simulation or the creation of digital factory twins and the implementation of robotics projects. According to Nvidia, companies such as the BMW Group, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz and Schaeffler are already transforming their product development "by using Nvidia-accelerated applications from software providers such as Ansys, Cadence and Siemens."

In the words of Jensen Huang, every manufacturer in the age of AI needs two factories: "One to produce products and one to generate the intelligence that drives these products". The planned plant is intended to fulfill precisely this requirement and enable AI-controlled production based on simulation-driven development.

A Well Thought-Out Digital Infrastructure

With partners such as Cadence, Ansys and Siemens, the aim is not only to run applications on the platform, but also to technically secure and optimize the entire operation of the AI factory. With its Reality Digital Twin Platform, Cadence is contributing a digital planning basis that can be used to simulate the entire plant in virtual space, from the architecture to the logistical process control.

Ansys provides precise physical simulations, for example for fluid mechanics or heat development, which is essential for the safe and energy-efficient cooling of 10,000 GPUs. Siemens, in turn, provides its industrial automation solutions to control, monitor and optimize the infrastructure in the long term, from the power supply and sensors to the connection of digital factory twins. This shows that the AI factory is not just a hardware project, but a digitally designed industrial building block that is designed for simulation, integration and automation from the outset. (sb)

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