Why users distrust your AI: Miquido report reveals only 15% adoption rate in most apps. Miquido and Scaleway Forge Strategic Partnership to Drive Europe's Digital Sovereignty and AI Innovation Miquido, the European software house specializing in enterprise mobile platforms, and Scaleway, the continent's leading sovereign cloud and AI provider, have announced a strategic partnership. This collaboration establishes a complete European technology stack - combining high-performance AI infrastructure with production-grade software implementation - independent of non-European "Big Tech" providers. The partnership addresses a critical tension for European enterprises: the ambition to scale AI-driven mobile channels while maintaining strict regulatory oversight. Digital sovereignty is not optional. For organizations in regulated sectors - including banking, healthcare, public sector and telecommunications - the legal landscape has shifted. Compliance with the AI Act, DORA, and NIS2 requires more than just secure code; it requires infrastructure that is not subject to extraterritorial laws such as the U.S. Cloud Act or FISA. Scaleway, a 100% European-owned public cloud provider operating under European jurisdiction, offers trusted cloud infrastructure immune to extraterritorial non-EU laws. With a full cloud region in Warsaw, Poland, Scaleway supports digital sovereignty and EU compliance. Its recent selection by the European Commission as one of four cloud providers under the Cloud III Dynamic Purchasing System further confirms Scaleway's ability to meet the sovereignty, security and compliance requirements expected by the most critical and regulated industries. By partnering with Scaleway, Miquido ensures that its clients' data and AI models remain entirely within European jurisdiction. "One of the key reasons for this partnership is the opportunity to strengthen European technological independence. A significant share of Miquido's clients operate in regulated sectors such as banking, healthcare, and telecom. That is why independence and compliance with regulations - such as DORA, NIS2, and the AI Act - are not optional, but essential. Scaleway is the only major cloud provider in Europe not subject to extraterritorial U.S. laws such as the Cloud Act or FISA," says Tomasz Gunia, Head of Growth at Miquido. Bridging the gap between infrastructure and outcomes. Most enterprise AI projects fail at the transition from pilot to production. Success requires two distinct pillars: advanced computing power and the ability to integrate that power into complex business systems. Through this partnership: * Scaleway provides the high-performance GPU clusters and sovereign cloud environment required for modern AI workloads. * Miquido acts as the implementation partner, specializing in the design and delivery of AI-driven mobile platforms that currently serve over 100 million users. Miquido will support enterprise clients across Europe, with a focus on the CEE region, by defining AI use cases, organizing AI-ready data, and building scalable software that integrates with existing legacy systems. The economic case for European tech. Beyond technical performance, the partnership supports European economic resilience. Currently, a significant portion of IT spend leaves the continent. In contrast, 68 cents of every euro spent on Scaleway's infrastructure returns to the European economy. The two companies will collaborate on joint delivery models and marketing initiatives, offering a unified path for enterprises to achieve technological autonomy while driving measurable business impact - such as increased conversion rates, reduced cost-to-serve, and improved user retention. Szymon Byra Digital Marketing Specialist Top AI innovations delivered monthly! Be the first to experience innovation and join a community of over 1,500 subscribers. The controller of your personal data is Miquido sp. z o.o. sp.k., Kraków at Zabłocie 43A, 30 - 701. More: https://www.miquido.com/privacy-policy/...

Ardian, Artefact, Bull, EDF, Capgemini, the iliad Group, Orange and Scaleway combine their expertise to run as a candidate for a European AI Gigafactory in France. Published on 2026/05/21 * Partenariats et événements Ardian, Artefact, Bull, Capgemini, the EDF group, the iliad Group, Orange and Scaleway have teamed up within the AION consortium to launch an ambitious bid for France under the European Union's AI Gigafactories initiative. In the coming years, the competitiveness of EU economies will directly depend on their ability to access massive computing power that is available, affordable and sovereign. The challenge is industrial, financial and strategic: enabling European companies to train, deploy and operate their AI models under controlled conditions in terms of performance, cost and sovereignty. This is precisely the aim of the project put forward by the AION consortium. Mobilizing French excellence to build world-leading AI infrastructure. In response to the rapid adoption of AI and the explosion in demand for computing power, AION brings together all of the critical skills required for creating new-generation European infrastructure. The consortium leverages the complementary strengths of a wide spectrum of benchmark players covering the entire value chain: supercomputers, microprocessors, quantum computing solutions and critical infrastructure, expertise in energy, cloud platforms, sovereign AI and the development and operation of datacenter infrastructure, as well as AI deployment capabilities, investment capacity and industrial know-how. AION will also be able to draw on a broad ecosystem made up of technological, academic and industrial partners, as well as user companies such as Le Crédit Agricole, Equans, Future4Care, GENCI, Hugging Face, INRIA, Kyutai, LightOn, Multiverse Computing, Nokia, Opcore, Quandela, PariSanté Campus, Schneider Electric, SiPearl, Sopra Steria, Verne, VSORA and ZML. France - a strategic choice for hosting a European AI Gigafactory. France has unique strengths for hosting infrastructure of this magnitude. It has abundant, affordable, sovereign and low-carbon electricity thanks to its energy mix that is mainly made up of nuclear and hydraulic power, as well as robust digital infrastructure and recognized expertise across the whole value chain, particularly in data centers, cloud services and high-performance computing. France has also established itself as one of the most dynamic AI ecosystems in Europe thanks to the quality of its research, the emergence of world-class tech players, and a dense pool of scientific and industrial talent. From research labs to start-ups, through to major end-user companies, it brings together the full range of skills needed to build a competitive AI industry on a European scale. Hosting an AI Gigafactory would enable France to offer all the conditions for strengthening European tech sovereignty, accelerating AI adoption by private companies and public-sector players, and driving competitiveness and innovation. An ambition built on four pillars. The AION consortium is based on four fundamental pillars: * Performance: deploying world-class AI infrastructure to serve the European economy. * Trust: reinforcing Europe's strategic autonomy via complete control over the AI value chain - from hardware to open source software - thanks to the support of sovereign players. * Openness: promoting the use of open source technologies, as well as partnerships to strengthen the European ecosystem. * Responsibility: developing AI for the benefit of European research, businesses and citizens with a particular focus on containing its environmental footprint. An open consortium to bring together the European ecosystem. The alliance announced today marks the starting point of a project aimed at bringing together all French and European players who are ready and willing to contribute to this shared industrial ambition. Vincent Luciani, Executive President of Artefact: "As an independent European player in data and AI, Artefact is uniquely positioned to observe the rapid growth in demand for computing power, as well as the lack of sufficient sovereign solutions. We're technology-agnostic and our priority is to provide our customers with truly resilient solutions based on three dimensions of sovereignty: technology, operations and data. There's no time for companies to wait - the infrastructure of the future needs to be built today. By joining the AION consortium, Artefact will be able to deploy the most ambitious AI use cases for its customers, within a fully sovereign framework, ensuring freedom, security and resilience." Benoît Gaillochet, Head of Infrastructure Europe at Ardian: "It's time to build a European AI ecosystem together, based on world-class European infrastructure and underpinned by France's outstanding low-carbon energy capabilities. United by this ambition, we're delighted to be teaming up with our friends at the iliad Group and the Orange Group to join and steer the AION consortium, which will also be supported by other major industrial and tech players. Alongside our partners, we're proud to be putting our industrial and financial expertise to the service of developing sustainable and resilient AI computing capacity on a large scale." Emmanuel Le Roux, CEO of Bull: "This initiative is particularly important for Bull in its capacity as the only player capable of guaranteeing a mostly European supply chain for AI, cloud and supercomputer infrastructure. We see AION as a natural extension of our strategic pathway, bringing additional computing capabilities dedicated to simulation and AI, developing new AI-optimized hardware technologies, and deploying our software platform and data science services to enable the production of industrial AI use cases. Through AION, we're reaffirming our commitment to strengthening Europe's ability to develop and operate next-generation AI and cloud infrastructure, while laying the foundations for a more resilient, competitive and independent technology ecosystem." Etienne Grass, Chief AI Officer at Capgemini Invent: "Europe has everything it takes to write one of the most inspiring chapters of the AI revolution: excellence in research, industrial champions, low-carbon energy and values based on the trust and sovereignty of the European system. What was missing was the ability to bring together these strengths based on a shared project that can rise to the challenges at stake. With AION, this goal is achievable. It's a French venture, led collectively, for the benefit of the whole of Europe. By joining this consortium, Capgemini is committing to put all of its experience and its global network to the service of a cause that is bigger than EDF all individually: building sovereign and sustainable AI infrastructure that is open to the entire European ecosystem. As a global leader in data and AI-powered business transformation, Capgemini has a specific responsibility in this project. Creating European AI gigafactories means offering its clients the possibility of using sovereign solutions by integrating the latest technological advances with no trade-off between performance and control. Technological sovereignty cannot be decreed - it has to be constructed, brick by brick, with the right partners. EDF is proud to be a part of this adventure." Beatrice Bigois, Group Senior Executive Vice-President, Customers & Energy Services, at EDF: "France has major strengths to lead the way in the development of AI infrastructure, including competitively-priced, sovereign and low-carbon electricity. With this consortium, we're embracing a shared ambition to build a world-class European AI gigafactory based in France, and EDF intends to fully contribute to this strategic momentum for Europe." Thomas Reynaud, Chief Executive Officer of the iliad Group: "In a world where computing capacity is becoming a lever of power, Europe cannot allow itself to depend on infrastructure designed, financed and operated elsewhere. With AION, our aim is to unite a range of leading players to build world-class European AI infrastructure based in France. AION has unprecedented technological clout, bringing together the very best of French and European digital, industrial and energy expertise, and the iliad Group intends to contribute fully to the project." Christel Heydemann, CEO of the Orange Group: "France has unique assets to shape the next chapter of European AI - front-ranking digital infrastructure, low-carbon energy, and one of the most dynamic research and innovation ecosystems in Europe. For Orange, joining the AION consortium reflects our strong conviction that Europe needs collective action to create a powerful, open and inclusive European AI to drive the continent's competitiveness. With its sovereign cloud and trusted AI capabilities, Orange brings to this project what lies at the core of its identity: a trusted player that connects, secures and delivers sovereign digital services for companies, small businesses and individuals." Damien Lucas, CEO of Scaleway: "I'm delighted that the AION initiative launched last year is continuing to gain traction and attract broad support. Within this richly diverse industrial alliance, Scaleway will focus on its core expertise of providing an open and interoperable sovereign cloud and AI platform serving businesses, researchers and public-sector players. I'm convinced that this project, which includes leaders across the entire value chain, will help consolidate the foundations of a European AI sector built on openness, control and trust."