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Europe's digital resource market is broken, dominated by American tech giants. A proposed solution is to create an open marketplace for digital resources, enabling competition, reducing costs, and fostering innovation while ensuring privacy and security standards. This would enhance Europe's digital sovereignty and economic security.

US companies are profiting significantly from AI services in Europe by bundling them with cloud infrastructure, leading to an outflow of resources and economic value. To counter this, Europe should create an open marketplace for AI infrastructure, ensuring transparency, competition, and maximizing returns on local resources.

Germany's data center market is the largest in Europe, with capacity projected to grow from 2,700 MW to over 12,000 MW by 2045, driven by cloud computing and digitalization. Key challenges include energy consumption, sustainability mandates, and the need for a national strategy to enhance infrastructure and workforce development.

Energy utilities and data centers can integrate to create value by recycling waste heat, providing grid stability through demand response, utilizing prime urban locations, and sharing expertise to address operational challenges and workforce shortages, advancing sustainability goals.