Amazon announced plans to invest more than 16 billion euros — roughly 18 billion dollars — in Germany in 2027, the largest single-year commitment the company has made in Europe's biggest economy. The announcement came Tuesday at the German government's Invest in Germany Summit in Berlin, and builds on a 10 billion euro plan the company unveiled in 2024.
The single largest slice, 4.8 billion euros, goes to expanding the AWS Europe Frankfurt Region to meet what Amazon calls growing demand for advanced cloud and AI services. The expansion follows strong momentum for the cloud unit: AWS generated 42.2 billion dollars in sales in the quarter ended June 30, up 37 percent year over year, according to company filings. Amazon launched its AWS European Sovereign Cloud in Germany, which became fully available in January 2026.
Beyond cloud infrastructure, the plan covers a second Amazon research lab in Berlin focused on robotics and AI, hiring applied scientists and robot hardware and software engineers. The company's first Berlin lab has worked on warehouse automation, and the new site deepens a research footprint that now competes with Amazon's Boston and Seattle robotics hubs.
The remainder spans the rest of Amazon's German operation. Logistics modernization is planned at sites including Bad Hersfeld, Dortmund and Werne through 2027, with work at Koblenz, Pforzheim and Rheinberg continuing into 2028; the disclosed logistics projects are tied to more than 3,000 new jobs. The satellite broadband unit Amazon Leo has booked 24 launches with European provider Arianespace, and Prime Video plans more than 15 German original productions by 2027.
Amazon says it invested about 15 billion euros in Germany in 2025 and more than 100 billion euros since 2010, employing over 40,000 people in the country, around 3,000 of them at AWS. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who hosted the summit, said investor pledges discussed at the event totaled around 230 billion euros, though it remained unclear how much represented new money rather than previously announced projects.
Amazon was not the only US tech giant writing checks in Berlin this week. Nvidia signed a joint declaration of intent with two German federal ministries to push physical AI into German manufacturing, with companies including Siemens and Audi participating, and Jensen Huang shared the stage with Merz. For Germany, the pitch is straightforward: anchor the next wave of AI infrastructure and industrial AI on German soil. For Amazon, the 16 billion euros buys influence in a European market increasingly focused on digital sovereignty — a market where its sovereign cloud, satellites and robots are suddenly strategic assets.
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