The First Look Inside IBM Watson's IoT HQ In Munich
If there was any doubt that IBM is committed to developing the internet of things, its opening of a new 15,000sqm headquarters in Munich surely clears it.
In the pipeline for almost two years, the German HQ – IBM’s first ever outside of the US – didn’t come cheap, and the brand wants you to know it. “The biggest investment we’ve made in years” or even “decades” were phrases banded around the opening press conference, as was the $200m price tag.
Inside offers up more than 25 floors of collaborative space for both IBM workers and its partners. But towering above the Munich skyline, the building also acts as a warning to the global tech industry that the IT behemoth is readying to own the Internet of Things space in the same way it has allowed Watson to near-dominated the AI conversation.
“I think it’s a symbolic opening,” Niklaus Waser, the head of the centre, told The Drum. “It’s a new chapter we’re opening. We’re not just moving into an existing IBM location, it’s something that’s brand new. [We think] if you want to know more about the future, create it.”
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