Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion ($18 billion) in Germany in 2027, including €4.8 billion to expand its Frankfurt cloud region. The company announced the plan on 20 October at the federal government’s Invest in Germany Summit in Berlin, according to Amazon’s announcement. The proposed spending also covers satellite broadband, logistics and Prime Video productions.
Key points
- Amazon plans to spend €4.8 billion on its AWS Europe (Frankfurt) Region in 2027.
- The wider German package includes Amazon Leo, logistics projects and Prime Video productions.
- Logistics projects are expected to create more than 3,000 jobs.
- Amazon is opening a second robotics and AI research lab in Berlin.
€4.8 billion earmarked for AWS Frankfurt
The Frankfurt allocation is part of the wider 2027 plan. Amazon says it will expand the AWS Europe (Frankfurt) Region to serve demand for cloud and AI services. That puts a specific figure on the cloud portion of the pledge, while the company’s announced programme extends across several other businesses.
Amazon launched the Frankfurt region in October 2014. It says it has since invested double-digit billions of euros in German cloud infrastructure. The AWS European Sovereign Cloud became generally available in Germany in January 2026, according to the company.
The 2027 commitment follows a €10 billion German investment announced in June 2024, including €8.8 billion for AWS data centres and spending on logistics, Reuters reported. Those were figures for an earlier announcement. The new Frankfurt allocation sits within a broader pledge covering cloud, satellite, logistics and media operations.
Amazon says its investment in Germany has exceeded €100 billion since 2010. David Zapolsky, its chief global affairs and legal officer, presented the latest plan at the Berlin summit alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Katherina Reiche, Germany’s federal minister for economic affairs and energy, also attended.
Amazon Leo joins logistics and Prime Video
Beyond AWS, Amazon says the 2027 investments will support development of Amazon Leo, its satellite internet network, and new logistics projects across Germany. Reuters reported that the logistics projects are expected to create more than 3,000 jobs. The company also includes new Prime Video productions in the package.
The announcement brings businesses with different activities into one national investment plan. Amazon describes the Frankfurt spending as an expansion of an operating AWS region, while the satellite component concerns development of the Leo network. Its logistics plans involve new projects, and the media allocation concerns productions for Prime Video.
Rocco Bräuniger, Amazon’s Germany country manager, said the company has created more than 40,000 permanent jobs and built more than 100 sites in the country. Amazon says 3,000 of those employees work for AWS. The expected jobs from the new logistics projects are separate from that existing workforce figure.
Berlin lab expands Amazon’s robotics research
Amazon says it is opening a second research lab for robotics and AI in Berlin, doubling its research presence in the capital. The lab is another element of the German expansion, alongside the infrastructure and production spending announced at the summit.
The company says the Berlin research will focus on how people and technology work together in its operations. Amazon links that work to support for employees and to the speed and reliability of customer deliveries.
Amazon says the new lab creates specialist roles for applied scientists and for engineers working on robotics hardware, software and systems.
