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Investigation finds US firms build most of Germany's new data centre capacity

NDR and Süddeutsche Zeitung found that of 99 German data centres in planning or construction, 36 are built by non-EU firms, two thirds American, including 14 of the largest 100+ megawatt projects; Amazon, Google, Microsoft and EdgeConnex named.

Reported Editor-read it-daily.net, 28 August 2026

What it does not test. Does not measure EU-wide ownership shares or how sovereignty changes once these facilities are operating.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Investigative finding on US-built DCs, no EU-wide share or operational change shown. European 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 2026-09-24. How the record is made

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