Instanz: TeilenTeilen:Sovereign Cloud-Edge Services for Europe’s Technological IndependenceBritta Widmann KommunikationFraunhofer-Gesellschaft03.08.2026 10:01US technology giants dominate the cloud market, threatening the technological sovereignty, data privacy and innovative capacity of European companies. The partners are developing an open-source blueprint for a European, vendor-neutral cloud-edge infrastructure that guarantees interoperability between different providers. Through the Apeiro Reference Architecture, the project provides key technology components and an open-source blueprint for a European, provider-independent cloud-edge infrastructure. The project is being run under the IPCEI-CIS (Important Project of Common European Interest – Cloud Infrastructure and Services) initiative. “By moving cloud services to locations where energy is available—particularly renewable energy—we can make the system more sustainable.