> double the capacity of its AI and data centre infrastructure in the country and expand its training programmes,
So installing GPUs in the existing German Azure datacenters (likely most of the money), and spending some of the time of their existing field teams to train customers to use it.
I think the "bet" is a bit emphatic there, Germany has had protective laws for their data for a long time, which is why they've had local datacenters for a long time.
It's a logical place to start massive deployment of GPUs in Europe if you don't want to exclude its largest economy from the party
So installing GPUs in the existing German Azure datacenters (likely most of the money), and spending some of the time of their existing field teams to train customers to use it.
I think the "bet" is a bit emphatic there, Germany has had protective laws for their data for a long time, which is why they've had local datacenters for a long time.
It's a logical place to start massive deployment of GPUs in Europe if you don't want to exclude its largest economy from the party