Policy context: supporting cloud-to-edge infrastructure and services in Europe

Cloud computing is identified as a central piece of Europe’s digital future, providing European businesses and public organisations the data processing capability required to support their digital transformation. 

 Delivering on the objectives of its digital strategy, through the EU programmes such as the Digital Europe Programme and the Connecting Europe Facility, the European Commission is proposing actions for building essential capacities that will be achieved by co-investing with Member States in new high-end digital infrastructures and services, and by upgrading and consolidating available capacities at the EU and national level. 

 In this context, the European Commission has stepped up its effort  supporting the deployment of   the cloud-to-edge infrastructure and services  to: 

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 Improve the  availability of highly trustworthy, curated cloud and edge services  that serve the interests of crucial sectors dealing with sensitive data, such as the public sector.  

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 Increase the  uptake cloud-to-edge services among  public and private entities alike  and in vertical sectors that lag in cloud adoption, such as the European health sector. 

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 Reinforce the  EU’s open strategic autonomy , ensuring that the digital transformation of the economy is undertaken based on secure, fair, inclusive, and resource-efficient infrastructures and services.