Technology
France Hopes to boost the sovereignty of the cloud Data Project GAIA-X
SUMMARIES
- The platform should be operational early next year.
- GAIA-X was designed last year and announced first in October
- France Minister of Economics said the project could not have been more timely.
On Thursday, Germany and France launched a European cloud computing platform which, in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, would hopefully enhance European economic sovereignty and break the continent's dependence on US and China's business.
The GAIA-X platform is to be open to users from outside Europe committed to adhering to European standards, at least in prototypical form at the beginning of the next year. Peter Altmaier of the German Economy said that the goal is "nothing but a European moonshot in digital politics."
Altmaier said that Germany and France will establish the non-profit organization of data infrastructure coordination and organization. Designed last year, GAIA-X was first announced in October and follows the existing push by the two largest economies of the European Union to build a consortium of car batteries to rip rivals from the Asian market.
"The cloud computing project can not have been faster," according to Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire, Europe's attempt to emerge from deep recession caused by the coronavirus crisis.
"Companies moved massively into telecommunications with the COVID crisis.
This is all the more urgent that we need a (a) safe and European cloud solution, "Le Maire told a news conference from Paris by video link.
"The crisis has also shown that the giant technology firms win ... It is important to protect Europe's digital space, "he said, pledging that the new platform" will ensure that policy rules that rely on EU values and standards are applied.
Le Mair emphasized the importance of "interoperativeness," allowing companies to move easily to the new system without losing information. "We are not China, we are not the United States — we are Europe's countries with our own values and economic interests that we want to defend," Le Maire said.
Two of them, including Dassault Systemes, Orange, Siemens, SAP, Robert Bosch and Deutsche Telekom, said the project brought 22 companies together. They gave no details about the finances. The Mayor has called for the initiative to be joined by "all other European companies and countries."
Furthermore, "the idea is to invite companies all over the world to deliver their cloud services in compliance with European standards and regulations," said Altmaier. 'All who want the GAIA-X label will need to comply with and comply with various sets of rules,' including on interoperability and data migration.
He stated that the success of this project "will be crucial for our economic strength, competitiveness and sovereignty in Germany , France and Europe."
