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Nvidia teams up with Germany to build the future of factory AI
Original title, in French: “Nvidia s'allie à l'Allemagne pour bâtir la future IA des usines”
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- ZDNet France (France)
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- 20 October 2026 · read in the page structured data
Summary
The German government has signed a declaration of intent with Nvidia, at the "Invest in Germany" summit in Berlin, to deploy AI in the country's factories, according to AFP. The investment, not precisely quantified, would run to hundreds of millions of euros. Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on manufacturers, in particular SMEs of the Mittelstand, to open up their production data. According to Reuters, the "Made for Germany" collective plans €850 billion of industrial investment by 2028. Siemens, which is investing €500 million in its Erlangen plant, aims to raise its automation rate from 30-40% to 70-80% with Nvidia. Mercedes-Benz uses Nvidia chips for its autonomous vehicles. Nvidia is also investing $10 billion in Europe, including equity stakes in France (Doctolib, Entalpic, Genesis AI, Pigment).
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10 USD bn
Nvidia's investment across Europe
Europe
« Nvidia déploie actuellement une enveloppe globale de 10 milliards de dollars investis à l'échelle européenne. »
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850 EUR bn
Made for Germany investment to modernise industrial infrastructure by 2028
Germany, by 2028
« le groupe d'entreprises "Made for Germany," un groupe d’entreprises du secteur privé, prévoit d'investir plus de 850 milliards d'euros d'ici 2028 pour moderniser l'infrastructure industrielle du pays »
Source: Reuters
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4,100 EUR bn
Overall German industrial investment potential by 2035
Germany, by 2035
« s'inscrivant dans un potentiel global d'investissement de 4 100 milliards d'euros d'ici 2035 »
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35 %
Current automation rate of Siemens factories
Siemens factories, currently
« L'équipementier s'appuie sur la technologie Nvidia pour porter le niveau d'automatisation des usines de 30-40 % actuellement à un taux compris entre 70 % et 80 %, selon Reuters. »
Source: Reuters
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75 %
Target automation rate of Siemens factories with Nvidia
Siemens factories, target
« L'équipementier s'appuie sur la technologie Nvidia pour porter le niveau d'automatisation des usines de 30-40 % actuellement à un taux compris entre 70 % et 80 %, selon Reuters. »
Source: Reuters
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500 EUR m
Siemens investment in the Erlangen plant
Siemens plant in Erlangen
« Siemens injecte 500 millions d'euros dans son usine d'Erlangen pour en faire la vitrine de l'IA industrielle via l'usage intensif de jumeaux numériques. »
Classification
- Country
- Germany, France
- Company size
- Large companies, SMEs
- Industries
- Industry and manufacturing · Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms
- Companies
- Mercedes-Benz (deploys AI), Siemens (deploys AI), Pigment (cited), Doctolib (cited), Made for Germany (cited), Genesis AI (cited), Entalpic (cited), Nvidia (supplier)
- Keywords
- industrial AI, digital twin, automation, Germany, Nvidia, factories
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