technology
German Companies Plan to Raise Climate Investment to 10.6%
ifo says firms devoted 9.3% of 2025 investment to climate measures and plan a higher share in 2026.
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Miriam Vogel
Technology Editor, German Business Review
Miriam Vogel covers German technology, patents and digital infrastructure, with particular interest in the path from laboratory research to paying customers.
Coverage prioritises Destatis, the Bundesbank, federal regulators, company reports and dated regional statistics. Estimates and company guidance are presented as such.
Articles by Miriam Vogel
technology
Schwarz Group's Rostock Data Centre Is a Bigger Bet Than Its 240MW First Phase
The €5.6 billion plan ties retail-scale capital to Germany's push for sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure.
automotive
Germany's Software-Defined Vehicle Problem Is an Organisational Problem Too
Carmakers are spending heavily on software, but architecture, supplier relationships and decision speed matter as much as engineering headcount.
technology
Frankfurt's Data-Centre Boom Is Running Into the Electricity System
Internet connectivity made Frankfurt a natural computing hub; grid access is becoming the scarce input that determines the next phase.
technology
Wolfsburg Needs Vehicle Software to Become a Local Capability, Not Just a VW Function
CARIAD and the wider Volkswagen ecosystem can broaden the city's engineering base if software expertise survives organisational cycles and supports a deeper supplier market.
technology
Düsseldorf's Startup Opportunity Is Enterprise Technology, Not Volume
Cognigy and other local companies show how a headquarters-heavy economy can support software startups selling directly to large businesses.
technology
Stuttgart's Next Technology Story May Be Industrial Software
Manufacturing expertise gives local startups a customer base for factory software, energy systems and engineering tools that pure software hubs cannot easily copy.
technology
Dresden's Chip Cluster Is Stronger Than One Factory
Fabs attract suppliers, research and skills, while subsidy, power and customer cycles shape the economics of expansion.
technology
Why Dresden Matters to Europe's Semiconductor Strategy
Germany's chip strength is concentrated in a production and research cluster that extends beyond any single fab announcement.
technology
Germany's Sovereign Cloud Market: SAP, T-Systems, Schwarz Digits and the Search for Control
Sovereign cloud is less about where a server sits than who controls operations, legal exposure and the software stack around it.
technology
DeepL Shows Cologne Can Produce More Than Media and Insurance
The translation software company has become evidence that Cologne's technology economy can generate globally relevant products from outside Germany's better-known startup centres.
technology
German Patent Applications Rose 4.7%. Quality Comes Later
DPMA received 62,050 applications in 2025, with German filings growing faster than the total.
technology
Dresden's Chip Cluster Is Germany's Most Strategic Manufacturing Bet
GlobalFoundries, Infineon and Bosch give Dresden existing production depth while new investment could expand the supplier and engineering ecosystem.
technology
Why Munich Has Become Germany's Deep-Tech Capital
Corporate research, universities and venture-backed companies give Munich unusual depth across software, aerospace, semiconductors and industrial technology.
technology
Germany's AI Data Centre Buildout: The Projects, Power and Bottlenecks
Cloud and AI capacity is expanding beyond Frankfurt, but grid access, construction timelines and customer demand will decide how much announced capacity becomes operational.
technology
Germany's Digital Patent Growth Shows Invention, Not Commercial Scale
German applicants filed 4,494 published digital-technology applications, up 6.6%, while products and revenue remain a later test.