By CIOInsider Team
 

France has shown its commitment to sovereign AI through its investment in secure cloud infrastructure, aiming to maintain national authority over data and processing. The nation's initiative, introduced in 2021, introduces the concept of the "trusted cloud" label overseen by ANSSI's SecNumCloud certification.

By utilizing this framework, businesses and government entities can run AI operations on a platform that is shielded from external intrusion, a crucial aspect of sovereign AI.

To facilitate large-scale implementation in industry, France is endorsing hybrid cloud models such as Bleu, a collaboration between Orange and Capgemini that utilizes Google technology while adhering to rigorous legal protections.

This initiative is bolstered by an initial funding of 107 million euro through the government's Programme d’investissement d’avenir.