Scaleway launches Milan cloud region: a European infrastructure for AI

Scalewaythe European platform ofpublic cloud e artificial intelligenceof the iliad Group, arrives in Italy with a new onecloud region a Milanoand with a direct presence onlocal market. The announcement is part of a larger oneEuropean growth strategyunder which Scaleway already operates threecloud region(in France, Poland and the Netherlands) all entirely ofEuropean propertyto which two more will soon be added in Sweden and Germany. “Ashyperscaler europeowe aim to expand our presence throughout Europe, consolidating our closeness tolocal markets. Launching operations in Italy is a key step in this direction,” said Damien Lucas, CEO of Scaleway. “Europe cannot rely entirely onforeign hyperscalersto feed their owndigital economy. European companies must have access topiattaforme cloud hyperscalebuilt in Europe, operated in accordance withnormative UE e allineate alle European priorities“.

La cloud region of Milanwill include threeavailability zonethe standard architecture adopted by Scaleway to ensurehigh availability e native redundancy ai mission-critical workloads. La prima availability zonemade in adata center in Settimo Milaneseis already operational. The other two, located inseparate data centerswill be completed in the next few months and will be based in Basiglio and Milan. Ahead of the launch of thecloud region italianaScaleway recently opened abranch in Milanto support thelong-term growthand strengthen the local leveltechnical skills e la commercial function. On the front ofpartnershipthe company is committed to definingcollaborations with regional entitiesand, more generally, to consolidate their ownpresence in Italy. Furthermore, aim to obtain theACN level 1 certification come cloud service providera necessary requirement to participate in thepublic administration projects.

Scaleway’s offer and European vision

Scaleway’s offer, we read in a note, is designed fororganizations of all sizesdalle startup alle large businesseswith advantages in terms ofscalability e competitivenesscompared tohyperscalers already on the market. The new region, it is underlined, wants to bring thecloud platform a local businesses, startup, business partners e institutionsimprovingperformance e resiliencefor developing organizationsservizi cloud-nativeand based onartificial intelligence. For this reason, Scaleway aims to become ahyperscaler europeo integrando una large-scale platformwith a strong presence in theregional ecosystemsof the continent. The company, it should be remembered, is today one of the reference companies in theEuropean public cloud market. It is a fully societyeuropeafounded and developed in Europe, byEuropean propertyand subject toEU jurisdiction. This, the group emphasizes, protects her fromextra-EU interferenceand guarantees that idata remain entirely in Europe. Beyond that, 100% of the teams, including the functions ofresearch and developmentis based in Europe, while 90% ofinfrastructure providersis represented byEuropean vendor.

Investments and innovation in artificial intelligence

Within the3 billion euro investment plan nel cloud e nell’IAannounced by iliad Group, Scaleway is accelerating the development of itsEuropean public cloud platformintegrating acomplete ecosystem con advanced features dedicate all’artificial intelligence. Through this platform, the company claims to offer the broadestcomputing capacity for AI di European propertyallowing aorganizations of all sizesto train and implementartificial intelligence models su large scale. In addition to the infrastructure, Scaleway makes available todevelopers e businessesquick access to the main onesAI modelsvia the service “Model as a Service“, which allows you to use them directly without having to manage complex infrastructure or configurations. The company also collaborates withindustry partners come Mistral AI e Hugging Facethus allowing organizations to experiment and implementopen source modelsand border as soon as available.

Open source technologies and multi-cloud flexibility

Furthermore, unlike otherscloud platforms basate su proprietary ecosystemsScaleway designs and operates its owntechnology stackusingopen source technologies e open standards. According to the company, this approach allows organizations to develop and executeapplicationswithout being tied toclosed platforms o a proprietary tools. Maintaining control over your ownbasic technologiesScaleway says it can guaranteetransparency, interoperability e flexibilityin the long run. Organizations can thus distribute theworkloadsusingOpen APIs e widely adopted technologiesfacilitatinghybrid strategies e multi-cloudand maintaining full water at the same timeapplication portability.