The European Commission has approved an Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) to develop industrial advanced cloud and edge computing technologies among multiple providers in Europe.
The IPCEI Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure and Services (IPCEI CIS) is a combined effort of seven member states, including France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain. The primary goal of the IPCEI CIS is to establish the first-ever European data processing ecosystem that is both interoperable and openly accessible.