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Alphabet's Google company announced on Tuesday that it will invest 5.5 billion euros (about 6.4 billion US dollars) in Germany over the next four years for computing resources and operations, joining the wave of spending commitments by tech companies in recent months. The internet giant made this announcement at an event in Berlin with the German Federal Minister. The investment includes the construction of two data centers in the Frankfurt region, although Google did not disclose the specific scale of the facilities. European countries are pushing for data center construction as European leaders are concerned about falling further behind in the fields of technology and artificial intelligence. The European Commission has called for companies to build so-called "super factories," which are data centers capable of training and maintaining complex artificial intelligence models. Last week, Nvidia and Deutsche Telekom announced plans to build a 1 billion euro data center in Munich expected to be operational by early 2026. Microsoft, on the other hand, announced earlier on Tuesday that it will invest 10 billion US dollars to build a data center hub in Portugal. Google stated that its investment commitment in Germany is "a part of its continued commitment to Europe." Over the years, Google has faced complaints and regulatory actions in Europe regarding privacy, antitrust, and copyright issues.