European partners from politics, business and science want to develop a European data infrastructure. Aim of the project “GAIA‑X” is to design an open and transparent data ecosystem. In the future, GAIA‑X will provide access to a broad portfolio of products and services from European cloud providers.
European security standards are to be implemented, e.g., privacy by design or certification and accreditation offerings. Every user should be able to decide for himself where his data is stored and by whom it may be processed and for what purpose.
More than 300 organizations from various countries are involved, but mainly from France and Germany. Among them are the companies Atos, Orange, SAP and Bosch. Potential use cases include Industry 4.0, finance, health, mobility and energy. The progress of the project can be monitored on a Blog be tracked.