By buying the Norman nugget SaagieDataops specialist, Scaleway Cross a new step in its strategy of a unified European cloud platform, covering infrastructure, data and artificial intelligence. The company wants to gradually establish itself as one of the main alternative actor to American hyperscalters
A controlled vertical integration strategy
For several years, Scaleway has methodically posed bricks of an integrated and differentiating cloud offer. After developing its own data centers, launched specialized bodies for generative AI and invested in supercomputers optimized for model training, the company is now attacking The Dataops layercentral link in the chain.
A response to the European requirements of sovereignty
In a context of increasing geopolitical tensions and regulatory pressure (DGA, NIS2, AI Act), European companies are looking for solutions capable of guaranteeing integrity, location and governance of their data. For Damien Lucas, CEO of Scaleway, it is not enough to cause AI models, it is still necessary to ensure that the data that nourishes them be qualified, controlled and hosted in a European framework.
“There is no reliable AI without confidence data, well governed,” he said.
“To accelerate the adoption of AI, Scaleway must offer a PAAS Data ecosystem at the cutting edge of technology. Saagie helps to provide us with this unique expertise. »»
A continental -lent infrastructure
The buyout of Saagie is accompanied by the opening of a new office in Rouenhistorical seat of the startup, thus strengthening the Territorial presence of Scaleway Alongside its Paris, Lille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Rennes and Toulouse sites. Solutions from the integration of Saagie will be available in all operator’s cloud zones: Paris, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Milan and Stockholm.
This logic of multisite implementation echoes the requirements of public procurement as large private companies, which today require Resilients, interoperable and sovereign clouds.
“Integrating SAAGIE is to offer pipelines of entirely sovereign artificial data and intelligence,” said Damien Lucas.
Online from the European Cloud Ai-Ready
Faced with competitors like OVHCloudmore focused on gross infrastructure and generic services, Scaleway assumes a more targeted approach To capture future growth by becoming the reference platform for European IA projects.
