Monaco Cloud, the First Operational Sovereign Cloud in Europe

As well as benefiting local players, this innovation is also intended to attract investors.  The advantages of a sovereign cloud are well known:  improved speed of use, and better stability, security and transparency of data, which is also secured by the Monaco Cyber Security Agency.

The sovereign cloud is an essential building block of Monaco’s digital ecosystem.  It “will serve as a foundation for the development and creation of new digital services in the Principality, in particular services relating to the smart city, e-health, e-education and e-administration”, explained Frédéric Genta,  Country Chief Digital Officer.  The computing and storage power of the cloud will facilitate the use of artificial intelligence.

Monaco Cloud is aiming for carbon neutrality from the time it first opens and zero carbon by 2025.

“To achieve this, we have three levers:  pooling of resources, which concentrates equipment in the same place, thus facilitating energy efficiency;  latest-generation components that are more energy efficient and a recycling policy adapted to environmental constraints;  and Data Centres powered entirely by green electricity and equipped with the latest technologies to optimise server cooling,” stated Pierre Puchois, Managing Director of Monaco Cloud.