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June 24, 2025
Prime Minister Dr. Markus Soder: European Gigafactory for Artificial Intelligence Blue Swan should get a home in Bavaria-Science Minister Markus Blume: Blue Swan is not just an infrastructure, but a commitment to sovereignty-100,000 AI chips for the most complex AI models
MUNICH. The Free State wants to build a AI gigafe factory in Bavaria and has submitted an expression of interest to the EU Commission for a European AI giga factory. Bavarias Minister of Science Markus Blume today informed the Bavarian Council of Ministers. The aim of the European initiative is to set up up to 5 AI gigafabrics, with which companies and scientific institutions can receive access to the highest computing power for the most complex AI models.
Dr. Markus Soder, Bavarian Prime Minister: Only sky is the limit! Bayern is already mega in AI research. Our supercomputer Blue Lion is a worldwide top star. The European Gigafactory for Artificial Intelligence Blue Swan should therefore get a home in Bavaria. Completely change our world.
Science Minister Markus Blume: Blue Swan is not just an infrastructure, but a commitment to sovereignty! We want to actively shape the technological future of Europe from Bavaria. It is clear to us: The idea and added value of the AI Gigafactories must go beyond the order of computing. Bavarian concept for an AI Gigafactory therefore builds up a significant research capacity and our clear confession for the digital sovereignty for a predestined location Gigafactory. For Bavaria and all of Germany, it is also concerned with the sustainable securing of the talent pool, high-quality jobs, the global connectivity of our companies and a thrust for further super tech settlements. The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) supports the Bavarian conception and expression of interest.
The focus is on the development of powerful AI base models and the training of models for direct use in the health sector, in mobility as well as with questions of security and defense. For this, the greatest density of AI researchers and the most powerful facilities in Germany can be used in Bavaria. The possible giga factory could further strengthen this unique ecosystem.
Basis: One of the most leading AI ecosystems in Europe
With the high-tech agenda Bayern and the AI offensive, the Free State had made courageous and strategic investments in talent and infrastructure at an early stage: Bavaria already offers one of the leading AI ecosystems in Europe. With the BUND-LANDER Ki Competence Center Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML), the Munich Institute for Robotics and Machine Intelligence (Mirmi), the founding of the first AI university in Germany and other initiatives, the Free State is peppered with facilities. With the Leibniz data center (LRZ) and its special expertise in energy-efficient high-performance calculation, data management and trustworthy AI, the Free State is already offering a strong partner, for example in the Hammerhai consortium to build a European AI factory. It is also an important partner in the Munich Quantum Valley (MQV) and thus ensures an early link of central future technologies. With the Bayernki for Science, the Free State provides a nationwide unique central infrastructure for the AI calculation of universities. The structure of the Bavarian AI-Base model, a multimodal AI-based model according to European standards, also underlines the strategic commitment of the Free State of Technological Sovereignty and the development of future and enabling technologies. With the Investa Group, a real estate developer is also part of the consortium, which has been developing, building and securing data centers in Europe for over 25 years - an important expertise, since data centers and its energy supply technologicallyare highly complex.
Prof. Dr. Dieter Kranzlmuller, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Leibniz Center: From a technological point of view, Blue Swan is an exciting challenge in which we can excellently insert our expertise in energy-efficient AI supercomputing. With Bayern KI, the Bavarian AI infrastructure for science, and Hammerhai, one of the current European AI Factors Bavarian and European AI initiatives involved and thus optimally positioned to realize Blue Swan together with outstanding partners at the Bavaria location.
The CEO of the real estate developer Investa Rupprecht Rittweger involved in the consortium emphasizes: A deficiency in the construction of new data center capacity endangers the economic and science location Germany. However, a task of this size does not succeed. This requires new ecosystems and partnerships. and tech companies networked with each other about powerful infrastructure.
Philipp Sporlein, Deputy press spokesman, 089 2186 2621
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