Merkel, who took part in the high-level digital forum at which the plan was unveiled, noted that Europe lagged behind US giants such as Google, Amazon or Microsoft in terms of their capacity for stocking and using digital data. — Reuters
FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Germany unveiled Oct 29 a plan backed by France to establish a secure data infrastructure that would reduce Europe's dependence on US "cloud" networks.
Dubbed "Gaia-X", the project "aims at setting up a secure and trustworthy data infrastructure for Europe", a statement released by the German economy ministry said.
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