The Gaia-X project is gaining momentum in our country with the opening of the first Digital Clearing House. Proximus is thus strengthening its range of sovereign cloud services.
Proximus announces the opening of its first in a press release Gaia-X Digital Clearing House To. This platform supports secure and sovereign data exchange according to European standards as part of the Gaia-X initiative. This means that the European cloud initiative in Belgium is on the rise.
Do you hear thunder in Cologne now? Gaia-X is an initiative to reinvent the cloud. The project was born and raised in Europe, but also enjoys the support of major players in the American technology industry. It offers a network in which data exchange takes place according to strict rules regarding privacy and data sovereignty. This gives companies more options to determine who they share data with and how that data is processed.
Digital sovereignty
Gaia-X was born out of the need for more digital sovereignty in Europe. You can have sovereignty without a doubt Catchphrase Mention in the technology industry. Hyperscalers are trying to respond to this trend by offering “sovereign” cloud services where data stays within strictly defined boundaries. It is not uncommon for a local partner to be involved: Proximus, for example, has been doing this for Microsoft since 2022.
The founders of Gaia-X want to take sovereignty a step further through the use of decentralization and open source. It should be entirely at the customer’s discretion who they want to share their data with and how that data may be processed, in line with the rules already set out in European data protection legislation.
A crucial part of the Gaia-X ecosystem is Digital clearinghouses. These platforms ensure certification and compliance with data exchange rules. Proximus now joins the network and introduces the concept of Digital Clearing Houses in Belgium. This contributes to greater trust in digital collaboration within industries 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 offers the combination of infrastructure and technology necessary for secure, efficient and future-proof data exchange within of Gaia-X is essential,” says Antonietta Mastroianni, Digital and IT Manager at Proximus.