
Amazon's €16bn Germany Investment Signals Long-Term European Expansion
Amazon will invest over €16bn in Germany in 2027, expanding cloud, AI, logistics and media operations, underlining the country’s central role in its European strategy.
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Amazon will invest over €16bn in Germany in 2027, expanding cloud, AI, logistics and media operations, underlining the country’s central role in its European strategy.

Google DeepMind and Google Cloud will provide access to advanced science AI models, including AlphaFold 3, and $3 million in computing credits to up to 200 European researchers, aiming to accelerate scientific innovation across the region.

Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services are set to face closer examination under the European Union's tough digital market regulations, signaling increased compliance demands for global tech giants.

Australian email provider Fastmail has introduced an EU data region, allowing customers to keep the primary copy of their email and files on company-operated infrastructure in Amsterdam. The move responds to growing European demand for greater control over where corporate and personal information is stored. However, the architecture remains partly transatlantic, meaning the option improves data residency without eliminating transfers or storage in the United States.

Telecom Italia (TIM) has formally endorsed Poste Italiane's €13.2 billion takeover proposal, clearing an important hurdle in what could become one of Europe's largest telecommunications transactions this year. The deal would strengthen Italy's push to build a nationally controlled digital infrastructure group spanning telecoms, cloud computing, financial services and digital identity.