00:01A 1960s business complex in the heart of Munich.
00:04The old buildings are being renovated to create new offices and apartments.
00:09Fourth floor underground, a major bank's data center used to be located.
00:14A stroke of luck for Deutsche Telekom, which builds its subterranean AI factory here in just six months.
00:21Equipped with Germany's most advanced computers for graphics and design tasks, as well as artificial intelligence.
00:28Many companies in Germany have been waiting for this for a long time.
00:33Because with more AI being used, more computing power is needed.
00:39Our computing power allows you to carry out processes that previously might have taken weeks to complete virtually in real
00:48time.
00:48We have an AI factory here that increases the computing power in Germany by 50%. That's the scale of it.
00:56We have about 50% increased. That's the size.
01:01For a look at the latest technology, you have to go deep underground, more than 30 meters.
01:07A long tunnel is the only access, and this is usually the end of the line for cameras.
01:12Inside this pod are 64 servers with 512 high-performance graphic chips from NVIDIA, known as GPU.
01:22It's the most advanced technology currently available in the world.
01:27The 80 square meter pod holds as much computing power as a conventional 1000 square meter data center.
01:34And there are a total of 14 pods like this here.
01:41With regards to typical industrial applications, customers can save a lot of money by not having to build their own
01:46data centers.
01:48One pod has a connected load of 900 kilowatts, which means that under full load it's roughly equivalent to simultaneously
01:55charging 80 electric vehicles at your wallbox.
02:01It's hot inside the pods. The servers heat the air to 40 to 50 degrees Celsius. A problem for any
02:09data center.
02:10But not for Telecom's AI factory. Because the location couldn't be better. A river runs right next to the old
02:18buildings.
02:22With those computers running very hot, the Eisbach stream here helps us with cooling.
02:28That means we're cooling with nature, and the data center is also powered by 100% renewable energy.
02:40Once the old buildings are fully renovated in a few months, the waste heat from the AI factory will be
02:46used to heat apartments and offices.
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