Luxembourg’s government and cloud computing provider Clarence SA have signed an agreement that will see them develop a sovereign cloud for the country.
Clarence SA, itself a joint venture between LuxConnect and Proximus Luxembourg, will bring its cloud offering to Luxembourg’s Government IT Center (CTIE) to ensure data sovereignty.
Clarence’s cloud infrastructure will be fully dedicated to government use and will be overseen by the CTIE.
“The disconnected cloud platform, installed in two LuxConnect Tier IV data centers and managed locally, combines strong sovereignty with access to the best cloud capabilities. As a pioneer in Europe, it offers an experience similar to public cloud solutions within a secure environment under Luxembourg jurisdiction. This unique solution not only ensures total data control but also creates value for Luxembourg by reinforcing our digital autonomy,” said Paul Konsbruck, CEO of LuxConnect.
LuxConnect is a 100 percent state-owned private company, while Proximus Luxembourg is a local IT and telecoms company.
Luxembourg’s Minister for Digitalization, Stéphanie Obertin, said: “Today, the Luxembourg State is signing a unique partnership of its kind in Europe, thus relying on a sovereign and disconnected solution for cutting-edge applications. Following the world’s first e-embassy, Luxembourg is once again a trailblazer by creating the necessary conditions for data security and its use by administrations to provide public services that benefit citizens and businesses.”
Obertin added that the government cloud announcement shortly follows that of the MeluXina-AI and AI factory projects and shows the government’s “commitment to increasingly invest in tools that foster the emergence of a national data ecosystem and strengthen Luxembourg’s digital sovereignty.”
Clarence was first launched in October 2023 and uses Google’s Distributed Cloud Hosted solution out of Proximus’ and LuxConnect’s facilities in Belgium and Luxembourg.
Earlier this month, LuxConnect revealed it would be hosting one of the control centers for the European Union’s upcoming IRIS² satellite constellation in its DC1.3 facility. The company operates data center campuses in Bissen and Bettembourg in Luxembourg.
DC1.3, located at 202, Z.A.E. Wolser F, features two 10MW feeds across a 23,500 sqm (252,951 sq ft) building. The first phase went live in 2015. DC1.1 at the same site launched in 2009.
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