AI IN TELCO

Approximate increase in Germany’ s AI computing capacity resulting from this deployment

Number of parameters in the new large language model to be developed by SOOFI

by design. SOOFI is positioned to provide what consortium members describe as a trustworthy alternative to models including GPT-4 and Claude. The initiative ensures that data resides within the EU and that processes comply with European standards.

Fraunhofer IAIS developed the European LLM Leaderboard to validate model performance reflecting European priorities. The benchmark suite evaluates models across all 24 EU languages using translated datasets, including HellaSwag, ARC and TruthfulQA.

The contract structure represents a form of industrial policy. Rather than providing research grants to purchase hardware that would become obsolete, the government acts as an anchor tenant for commercial cloud services. The arrangement de-risks Deutsche Telekom’ s investment in Nvidia hardware by guaranteeing multi-year utilisation beginning March 2026.

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