For Caffarra, this trend is dangerously reminiscent of Gaia-X, a previous flagship initiative for a federated European cloud. "The intention behind Gaia-X was good," she says. "The problem was that American companies lobbied to be included. Once Microsoft, Google, and AWS were inside Gaia-X, the initiative lost its purpose.". In her opinion: "That is why it failed."
not sure that is solely why it failed, but it did make the entire thing moot that is for sure.
In the meantime, “those who wanted to maintain the status quo have won
yes, it's key to break status quo early and in several small ways simultaneously, to signal it is at all possible. Vgl [[Een goed gesprek over digitale soevereiniteit in de gemeente]]
of a data space based on Gaia-X standards that French energy company EDF will use to securely coordinate the construction of new nuclear sites
example of DS project, here led by EDF for nuclear plant construction. Link w energy DS program? -[ ] zoek naar EDF DS voorbeeld voor bouw kerncentrales #geonovumtb/ds
That’s how the mission to create a “federated cloud infrastructure” came to life. But that “staggering complexity” would soon turn into an “unmanageable mess,” said Lechelle.
federated cloud concept originates in Gaia-X article says. Don't know if that's right. In itself that does not create 'staggering complexity' though. It is a different design path.
“I joined Gaia-X because I believed in the original mission. I left Gaia-X because I didn’t believe it was going in the original direction,” said its former CEO, Francesco Bonfiglio.
Gaia-X moved the goalposts original member says.
The results we’re providing and the real business benefits these interoperable data spaces are creating are more and more visible,” he said, highlighting the example of a data space based on Gaia-X standards that French energy company EDF will use to securely coordinate the construction of new nuclear sites.
again an impact example that is still in the future, a planned result, not an achieved one.
Current CEO Ulrich Ahle, who joined in 2023, pushed back — saying Gaia-X is far from a “failure.” It has united the industry — both large and small players — around tangible deliverables, such as federated data spaces and compliance labels, he said.
federated data spaces are not an outcome of gaiax, are they? EC induced. Do note that deliverables after all those years are still in the future.
Politico on Gaia-X failures , based on diffs between French and German approaches.