European cloud collaboration GAIA-X expands to Sweden
- GAIA-X is a European collaborative project for cloud infrastructure that aims to increase the region’s self-sufficiency in digital infrastructure.
- The project, which was initiated by companies and organizations that use cloud services and need an open and flexible environment for innovation based on European data law, is now establishing an organization in Sweden.
GAIA-X was formed by the German and French governments as a direct response to the needs of a number of heavy industrial enterprises to find alternatives to non-European cloud services for their digitalization journeys. European companies, government authorities and private individuals are today almost entirely dependent on non-European cloud services, which are often not compliant with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Europe’s need to strengthen its digital sovereignty is also a key issue for the European Commission, which considers the creation of European digital infrastructure as crucial for Europe’s long-term competitiveness.
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