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ESA awards OVHcloud and CGI contract to build sovereign Digital EO cloud

ESA awarded OVHcloud and CGI a multi-million euro, 30-month contract to build Digital EO, pooling cloud storage, compute and AI tools for Copernicus and Destination Earth data, deployed across France, Germany and Italy with support run from Poland.

Reported AI-drafted EU Today, 28 September 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish the exact contract value, which the companies called multi-million euros without a disclosed figure.

How this item counts. Towards autonomy: it changes who owns, who operates. Binding 2 of 3 (agreed or funded), scale 3 of 3 (large), Reported counts half: weight +6 of 36 possible. ESA contracts French OVHcloud+CGI to build sovereign Copernicus/DestinE cloud; awarded, not yet live. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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