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# German federal auditor finds decade long IT consolidation plan failed
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-08-18-germany-bundesrechnungshof-it-konsolidierung/
- Published: 2025-08-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-16T12:00:46.000Z
- Description: Germany's Bundesrechnungshof found the decade long federal IT consolidation programme has missed its goals. Costs rose from EUR 1 billion to EUR 3.5 billion and the plan to merge over 1,300 data centres was dropped.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Compute and infrastructure, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [Netzpolitik.org, 18 August 2025](https://netzpolitik.org/2025/bundesrechnungshof-bundesregierung-verfehlt-ziele-der-it-konsolidierung/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish whether the Interior Ministry will deliver its remaining planned central IT solutions by the end of 2025, nor commit any new funding.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-16\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)