Deutsche Telekom Wins Multimillion-Euro Contract to Provide Infrastructure for European AI Project
Deutsche Telekom AG has secured a multimillion-euro contract to provide technical infrastructure for the SOOFI research project at Leibniz University Hannover. The project aims to develop a sovereign European large language model. Telekom's T-Systems will supply its Industrial AI Cloud to support the initiative, which involves collaboration among German research institutions and is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.
Deutsche Telekom AG has secured a contract worth tens of millions of euros to provide technical infrastructure for the SOOFI (Sovereign Open Source Foundation Models) research project at Leibniz University Hannover. The project aims to develop a sovereign European large language model with approximately 100 billion parameters, intended to be operated and trained entirely in Europe. Telekom subsidiary T-Systems will supply its Industrial AI Cloud, featuring over 10,000 GPUs and 0.5 exaFLOPS of computing power, to support the initiative. The SOOFI project involves collaboration among six German research institutions and two start-ups and is supported by the Fraunhofer Society, the German AI Association, and the Center for Sovereign AI. The initiative is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Disclaimer: This news brief was created by Public Technologies (PUBT) using generative artificial intelligence. While PUBT strives to provide accurate and timely information, this AI-generated content is for informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as financial, investment, or legal advice. Deutsche Telekom AG published the original content used to generate this news brief on November 19, 2025, and is solely responsible for the information contained therein. © Copyright 2025 - Public Technologies (PUBT) Original Document: here
