Get the latest tech news

Europe's largest 3D-printed building rises in just 140 hours

Tasked with building a new data center in an urban area of Germany, the team behind the Wave House harnessed the benefits of 3D printing technology to inject a sense of style into the unglamorous world of cloud-computing infrastructure, creating Europe's largest 3D-printed building in the process.

The Wave House is located in Heidelberg and was designed by SSV and Mense Korte, and created by Peri 3D Construction for developer KrausGruppe. Following this, humans then put the finishing touches to the project, including the roof and doors, plus the lighting and all the wiring and gear required for a modern internet-connected data center. COBOD says it hopes to eventually automate a minimum of 50% of construction processes on building sites, which should be great for company profits, though perhaps not for the job security of some human builders.

Get the Android app