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Accelerating European Cloud Computing
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15. January 2026 / 13. January 2026 by Georg Kalus | Leave a Comment
Complete set-up of n8n with a IONOS instance, Traefik and a Let's Encrypt certificate for 3€/month.
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News
14. January 2026 / 13. January 2026 by Flora of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
Polarise secures up to €117 million in financing to expand its data‑center portfolio. The loan will fund the new “AI Factory” in Munich for Deutsche Telekom’s Industrial AI Cloud.
News European Champions
6. January 2026 / 6. January 2026 by Flora of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
In a recent interview, Black Forest Labs co‑founder Robin Rombach declared, “We are now the largest competitor to Google in AI images.”
News How To
5. January 2026 / 5. January 2026 by Georg Kalus | Leave a Comment
The IONOS AI Model Hub offers serverless LLMs with competitive pricing. It features the powerful GPT OSS model and FLUX.1 from Black Forest Labs, amongst others.
2. January 2026 / 4. January 2026 by Georg Kalus | Leave a Comment
Simple steps to open a STACKIT Object Storage bucket with WinSCP.
31. December 2025 / 30. December 2025 by Flora of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
61 % of Western European CIOs say geopolitics is pushing them toward local cloud providers, with sovereignty becoming a top budget driver.
30. December 2025 / 30. December 2025 by Flora 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.
22. December 2025 / 22. December 2025 by Flora 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.
European Champions
9. December 2025 / 15. December 2025 by Flora of European Cloud | Leave a Comment
Black Forest Labs, a Freiburg‑based AI start‑up, closed a $300 million financing round. The round values the company at roughly $4 billion, making it Germany’s most valuable AI firm. Funding is led by Salesforce Ventures and AMP, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst and other top investors.
2. December 2025 / 1. December 2025 by Flora 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 Flora 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 Flora of European Cloud | 1 Comment on Lidl parent company: Schwarz Group builds data center for eleven billion euros
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”.
