Stephen Downes

European Union nations are intent on reducing their reliance on overseas cloud service providers such as Amazon and have set in motion a project called Gaia-X to serve as a competitor. "The entity managing the Gaia-X platform will be registered as a company under Belgian law and will function as a non-profit, according to a status update on the project seen by Reuters." More: DCD. "German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier announced the birth of Gaia-X back in October (before falling off of the stage)."