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30. December 2025 / 30. December 2025 by Kiara of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
Airbus is preparing a €50 million‑plus tender to migrate mission‑critical systems to a European “digitally sovereign” cloud.
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22. December 2025 / 22. December 2025 by Kiara of European Cloud | 1 Comment on IONOS opened new cloud machine room in Frankfurt
IONOS has opened a new data centre in eastern Frankfurt with N+1 power and cooling systems, 100% renewable electricity and a PUE of 1.23.
2. December 2025 / 1. December 2025 by Kiara of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
GrapheneOS announced it is removing all active servers from France and ending its relationship with OVHcloud. The move is driven by concerns over French legislation that could force backdoors in encryption and the broader “chat control” debate. OVHcloud’s boss Octave Klaba responded, but the dispute remains unresolved.
1. December 2025 / 1. December 2025 by Kiara of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
OVHcloud CEO Octave Klaba warns that many cloud services could see price increases of 5‑10 % by mid‑2026, possibly sooner.
17. November 2025 / 15. December 2025 by Kiara of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
Lidl parent Schwarz Group, through its cloud arm STACKIT, is planning a €11‑€13 billion AI‑focused data‑center campus in Lübbenau, Brandenburg. The site will span 13 hectares, host up to 200 MW of power capacity and house up to 100 000 AI chips, making it one of Europe’s largest “AI gigafactories”.
24. October 2025 / 1. December 2025 by Kiara of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
92 % of German executives plan to raise AI budget in 2026, many by more than 25 %. Initiatives such as GAIA‑X, Catena‑X and more aim to turn Germany into an “AI‑nation”.
23. October 2025 / 1. December 2025 by Kiara of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has established the Munich Advanced Technology Center for High-Tech Chips (MACHT-AI) with funding from the Bavarian state government.
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21. October 2025 / 1. February 2026 by Kiara of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Baden‑Württemberg Minister‑President Winfried Kretschmann broke ground on the €3 billion Innovation Park AI (IPAI) campus in Heilbronn.
21. October 2025 / 27. October 2025 by Kiara of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
A Paderborn start-up, One Ware, promises AI models in seconds instead of months, requiring only a few small chips instead of entire data centers.
17. October 2025 / 14. March 2026 by Kiara of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
Central and Eastern Europe remain underserved by data centres despite favourable conditions.
15. October 2025 / 14. October 2025 by Kiara of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
Switzerland is launching its first large language model, Apertus, built on public infrastructure. The model is fully open, multilingual, and trained on the Alps supercomputer.
14. October 2025 / 14. October 2025 by Kiara of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
SentinelOne and Schwarz Digits have announced a strategic partnership to deliver a sovereign, AI-powered cybersecurity platform for European customers.
