The Gaia-X project is gaining a foothold in our country with the opening of the first Digital Clearing House. Proximus is thus strengthening its offering around sovereign cloud services.
Proximus announces with a press release the opening of its first Gaia-X Digital Clearing House . This platform supports secure and sovereign data exchange according to European standards within the Gaia-X initiative. The European cloud initiative is thus gaining a foothold in Belgium.
Do you hear the thunder in Cologne now? Gaia-X is an initiative to reinvent the cloud. Born and bred in Europe, the project also enjoys the support of major players in the U.S. tech industry. It offers a network in which data sharing is done according to strict rules around privacy and data sovereignty. This gives organizations more power to decide for themselves who they share data with and how that data is processed.
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Digital sovereignty
Gaia-X was born out of a need for more digital sovereignty in Europe. Sovereignty can undoubtedly be called a buzzword in the tech industry. Hyperscalers try to capitalize on that trend by offering “sovereign” cloud services where data remains within strictly defined boundaries. Not infrequently, a local partner is brought in to do this: Proximus, for example, has been doing this for Microsoft since 2022 .
The inspirers of Gaia-X want to take sovereignty one step further by embracing decentralization and open source. It should be entirely the customer’s choice with whom to share their data and how that data may be processed, in line with the rules already imposed by European privacy laws.
A crucial part of the Gaia-X ecosystem are the Digital Clearing Houses. These platforms provide certification and data sharing compliance. Proximus is now joining the network and introducing the concept of Digital Clearing Houses in Belgium. This contributes to greater trust in digital cooperation within sectors and supply chains.
“Whether it is a data provider looking to share valuable data or a data consumer looking for reliable and compliant data sources, Proximus provides the combination of infrastructure and technology essential for secure, efficient and future-proof data sharing within Gaia-X,” said Antonietta Mastroianni, Digital & IT Lead at Proximus.