en.Wedoany.com Reported - Airbus is migrating approximately 900 critical applications from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to French cloud provider Scaleway, with around 70 of these applications currently running on AWS. These systems cover Airbus's ERP, manufacturing, CRM, and product lifecycle software, spanning aircraft design, engineering, manufacturing, and corporate operations. The migration aims to place data under European control, avoiding the impact of extraterritorial laws such as the U.S. CLOUD Act.

Airbus's Chief Digital Officer, Catherine Jestin, stated that this arrangement protects critical data assets from foreign extraterritorial laws. Scaleway won the competitive tender, with a contract valued at over €50 million and a duration of up to 10 years. Airbus evaluated bidders based on three criteria: technical capability, operational resilience, and safeguards against non-European laws. Jestin noted that Scaleway offered a strong technical solution with pricing competitive with hyperscale cloud providers.

The U.S. CLOUD Act allows U.S. authorities to access data held by American companies, even if that data is stored in overseas data centers. This has raised concerns about data sovereignty, with tensions between the U.S. and Europe intensifying during Trump's second term, fueling calls for digital sovereignty.

Airbus is not abandoning all U.S. technology companies. It will continue to use AWS for its Skywise aviation data platform and customer support tools, while retaining productivity suites from Microsoft and Google, as well as Salesforce, Coupa, and Workday. Jestin stated that choices are balanced based on data sensitivity, and there is no intention to abandon all non-European solutions.

This deal marks a significant milestone in the development of European sovereign cloud. Scaleway CEO Damien Lucas stated that it proves Europe can provide sovereign cloud at the highest international standards.