US EditionFrance Swaps Microsoft for Iliad's Scaleway to Repatriate Health Data ...
Scaleway won a 180 million euro cloud tender to secure health records for tens of millions of French citizens, officials said.
- On Thursday, France selected domestic cloud provider Scaleway, an Iliad subsidiary, to host the national Health Data Hub, replacing Microsoft Azure in a long-contested arrangement.
- The move follows years of scrutiny after Microsoft's legal director admitted to the French Senate last year that the company could not block U.S. injunctions targeting hosted data.
- France's cybersecurity agency established SecNumCloud certification to exclude non-European providers from critical infrastructure; earlier in April, the European Commission awarded €180 million to Scaleway, evaluated against more than 350 technical criteria.
- A 2024 law now mandates that sensitive data reside on sovereign-guaranteed infrastructure, with the new platform expected to become operational between late 2026 and early 2027.
- Germany's Schleswig-Holstein is migrating 30,000 workstations away from Microsoft products, while Denmark's digital affairs ministry is adopting open-source LibreOffice following similar moves in Copenhagen and Aarhus.
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Faced with the controversy over Microsoft's choice as host for the platform managing our health data, the government decided. Scaleway, a subsidiary of Iliad, was chosen, a symbol of sovereignty.
The French government entrusts the hosting of the Health Data Hub platform to Scaleway, a subsidiary of Iliad, to strengthen the security of health data.
France replaces Microsoft with Scaleway to repatriate national Health Data Hub
France has chosen domestic cloud provider Scaleway, a subsidiary of Iliad, to host the country’s Health Data Hub, replacing Microsoft Azure in a long‑contested arrangement, Scaleway said on Thursday.The decision fits into a broader shift as Europe seeks cloud sovereignty independent of U.S.-based Big Tech companies.In Germany, the state of Schleswig‑Holstein is migrating 30,000 government workstations away from Microsoft products, while Denmark’…
Times of India
The Economic TimesFrance swaps Microsoft for Iliad's Scaleway to repatriate health data hub
France has chosen Scaleway, a domestic cloud provider, to host its Health Data Hub. This decision replaces Microsoft Azure. The move follows new laws mandating sensitive data be hosted on sovereign infrastructure. Scaleway will now secure health records for millions of French citizens. This contract highlights France's commitment to data sovereignty.
The government has just announced that it will entrust the hosting of health data from its large French health data warehouse to Scaleway, founded by Xavier Niel in 1999. A "important step" towards a sovereign cloud, Microsoft has been in charge of the project so far.
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