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Schwarz Digits co-chair says Lidl's cloud arm aims to be Europe's hyperscaler

Schwarz Digits co-chairman Christian Müller said in an interview the Lidl owner's cloud arm wants to become a "hyperscaler", a European alternative to AWS and Azure, as it builds its EUR 11 billion Lübbenau AI data campus.

Reported Opinion Editor-read Horizont, 6 March 2026

What the source does not establish. Does not establish that Schwarz Digits has reached hyperscaler-level capacity or market share in Europe yet.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. No move (opinion): Schwarz Digits co-chair states ambition to become Europe's cloud hyperscaler alternative.. European Sovereignty Index

Correction, 2026-09-24. The source is press reporting, not the primary source, so the item is graded Reported, not Verified. The item said: “Graded Verified.”

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