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# Schwarz Digits breaks ground on EUR 11 billion AI data centre in Lubbenau
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-18-schwarz-digits-luebbenau-groundbreaking/
- Published: 2025-11-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:01:58.000Z
- Description: Schwarz Digits broke ground on an EUR 11 billion data centre in Lubbenau, Brandenburg, sized for up to 100,000 GPUs at 200 megawatts. German minister Karsten Wildberger said it builds capacity that makes Germany "more independent," with the first phase due by end 2027.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [Silicon Saxony news report of Schwarz Digits groundbreaking, 18 November 2025](https://silicon-saxony.de/en/schwarz-digits-groundbreaking-ceremony-in-luebbenau-schwarz-digits-invests-11-billion-euros-in-europes-digital-sovereignty/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that any GPU capacity is yet installed or that STACKIT has signed customers for the site.

**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 2026-10-11\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)