At the digitalization summit in Dortmund German Economics Minister Peter Altmaier will present his plans for a European solution to cloud computing. (picture alliance/dpa)
German Economics Minister Peter Altmaier is soon to unveil his plans for a European solution to cloud computing. The aim is to establish a "performance oriented and competitive, secure and trustworthy data infrastructure for Europe," according to a joint paper by the ministry and participants in the planning which the German Press Agency dpa obtained a copy of.
Altmaier is to present the project titled "Gaia X" at the digitalization summit in Dortmund on Tuesday. Previously, the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung had reported on the project.
The summit is being held under the auspices of the Economics Ministry, providing a platform for the "cooperation of the political sphere, business, science and society in shaping the digital transformation," according to the internet page of the summit. The focus of this year's meeting in Dortmund will be on digital platforms.
Companies and organisations in Europe have until now chiefly turned to providers from the United States for their cloud applications. The Economics Ministry said that the ministry "in the past few weeks has, together with numerous participants in the economy, mapped out the first steps towards a networked data infrastructure in Germany and Europe."
"Data will become the most important raw material of the future," the ministry added. "Germany and Europe therefore need a data inftrastructure which guarantees our data sovereignty and will enable making data more broadly and more safely available than at the present."
Participants in the "Gaia X" project include both users and providers from the public administration, health sector, corporations and scientific bodies.
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