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Shaping Europe’s Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure and Services
The 8ra Initiative is driving the development of a sovereign, interoperable, and secure Multi-Provider Cloud-Edge Continuum. With more than 120 partners from 12 EU Member States, the 8ra Initiative fosters open collaboration to create a resilient and scalable digital infrastructure tailored to Europe’s needs.
By promoting open-source innovation, interoperability, and cross-border cooperation, the 8ra Initiative empowers industries, researchers, and policymakers to shape the next generation of cloud and edge computing. Whether in AI, data spaces, telecommunications, or the industrial metaverse, the 8ra Initiative enables groundbreaking advancements free from vendor lock-in.
Explore how the 8ra Initiative is transforming Europe’s digital ecosystem and join the movement toward a truly federated cloud-edge future.
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© metamorworks – stock.adobe.com 8ra Impact Forum – Connecting Results, Shaping the Future
Following the German Digital Summit 2026, the 8ra Initiative will bring together representatives from its German ecosystem in Berlin to showcase results, explore concrete use cases and discuss the next steps for Europe’s sovereign digital infrastructure.
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Image AI generated © deimos.az – stock.adobe.com 18 European countries publish manifesto for new IPCEI on Artificial Intelligence
The planned IPCEI-AI aims to develop a European continuum of federated and distributed AI services. The manifesto explicitly positions the initiative as complementary to 8ra and other strategic European technology initiatives.
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Image AI generated © NooPaew – stock.adobe.com BWI builds on NeoNephos for its Open Defense Cloud
BWI – the German public IT services provider owned by the German Federal Ministry of Defence – is using technologies from the NeoNephos Foundation as it develops the Open Defense Cloud (ODC) for the German Armed Forces. This demonstrates how open-source technologies from the 8ra ecosystem can be applied in highly demanding operational environments.