The German state of Baden-Württemberg has announced a series of investments in its digital infrastructure to support its police and security services.
The investments include €160 million ($169.1m) for the State Police and Office to Protect the Constitution IT infrastructure, €55 million ($58.1m) for a data center located at the State Criminal Police Office in Stuttgart, and €43 million ($45.4m) to improve the police electronic filing system.
The investments will occur over two years and include developing new tools based on artificial intelligence. The data will be made available through a research and analysis platform, which is expected to cost €9.5 million ($10m) a year.
"With targeted investments and the latest technology, we are giving our officers maximum support and making our country safe and ready for the challenges of the future," said CDU parliamentary group leader Manuel Hagel.
Baden-Württemberg currently has four data centers, three of which are in Stuttgart. In October, the state was announced as the home of IBM's latest quantum data center at its Ehningen campus near Stuttgart.
It is IBM's second quantum data center, the other being located in New York. It features three systems—one based on IBM's Heron processor and two new systems that will be made available to customers through IBM's cloud service.
