EUROPEAN CLOUD
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2. January 2026 / 4. January 2026 by Georg Kalus | Leave a Comment
Simple steps to open a STACKIT Object Storage bucket with WinSCP.
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News
31. December 2025 / 30. December 2025 by Kiara 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 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.
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.
European Champions
9. December 2025 / 15. December 2025 by Kiara 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 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”.
29. October 2025 / 29. October 2025 by Georg Kalus | Leave a Comment
This guide describes how to work with the STACKIT Secrets Manager in Terraform. The STACKIT Secrets Manager is based on HashiCorp Vault.
27. October 2025 / 27. October 2025 by Georg Kalus | Leave a Comment
This How-To describes how to get a server boot image ID. The image ID is needed when provisioning a server in the STACKIT cloud.
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.
