Airbus has chosen Iliad’s Scaleway to support its artificial intelligence and defense initiatives as part of a broader sovereignty push within the aerospace sector. This move aligns with a growing trend among European aerospace manufacturers to integrate advanced AI capabilities into military systems while prioritizing domestic cloud providers to safeguard sensitive data and intellectual property. By collaborating with Scaleway, Airbus aims to leverage comprehensive sovereign platforms that ensure high-security solutions for its industrial applications.

Airbus: Airbus is a major European aerospace manufacturer focused on commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense systems, and related technologies. It develops AI tools in collaboration with French partners for applications in aviation and military contexts. Airbus has selected Scaleway to host cloud infrastructure supporting these AI deployments and sensitive defense work under a multi-year agreement aimed at European data sovereignty.
Scaleway: Scaleway is a European cloud infrastructure provider and subsidiary of the French Iliad Group, specializing in sovereign computing solutions for data-intensive workloads. It operates under European jurisdiction and has published a manifesto emphasizing European data and AI sovereignty. Scaleway was chosen by Airbus to provide cloud services for critical industrial, engineering, and defense applications involving AI.

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