Hi everyone,

@Hank and @Michiel: After some additional scrutiny, the two organisations you shared seem to be shared computing clusters by the research community, a common and welcomed occurrence. We would love to partner with them, and they could bring their infrastructure to the cloud we envision. Fundamentally, our vision of a European cloud is that any provider, such as these two, can join a larger ecosystem and support the hosting of a large variety of applications beyond just research. It’s likely, however, that these clusters are designed for research workloads only – it’s hard to say since we're not familiar with them – which would then, admittedly, make it more difficult. But from our side, anyone can join and participate – it’s about creating a unified and sustainable European cloud platform that is built on the back of what already exists.

Best,

-Michael

On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 1:43 PM Michael J. Oghia <mike.oghia@gmail.com> wrote:

Thank you for bringing these two resources to my attention Michiel and Hank, we simply weren't aware of them. But they look like excellent organisations to reach out to.

Best,
-Michael

On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 9:51 AM Michiel Klaver <michiel@klaver.it> wrote:
Also, don't forget about EGI
https://www.egi.eu/services/

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Why is EOSC - https://eosc-portal.eu/ not mentioned in any of your
documents?

Regards,
Hank

> Hi everyone,
>
> My name is Michael Oghia. I'm a long-time RIPE community member, and
> currently the Director of Communications & External Relations at the
> Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance (SDIA
> <https://sdialliance.org>) – a non-profit network of more than 65
> organisations working to catalyse the transition to a sustainable
> digital economy.
>
> Mirjam recently encouraged me to join this WG given the recent
> discussion about the NCC's (now paused) cloud plans. She mentioned that
> the topic of a good European alternative came up in the discussion,
> which is why I'm eager to share my latest RIPE Labs post with you all
> since it's relevant.
>
> Over the summer, SDIA published a three-part series introducing our
> manifesto for a sustainable European cloud, one that’s open-source,
> fair, and creates economic opportunities for all. Such digital
> infrastructure will reflect European values, and provide a blueprint
> that others around the world can draw inspiration from to further
> develop their own digital economies.
>
> The post, published today, provides a summary of each part, an
> invitation to read them, and a call to action to help us make our vision
> a reality. You can read it at:
>
> https://labs.ripe.net/author/michael_oghia/help-us-build-a-sustainable-european-cloud/
> <https://labs.ripe.net/author/michael_oghia/help-us-build-a-sustainable-european-cloud/>
>
> In case anyone would like to discuss further, please don't hesitate to
> reach out.
>
> Best,
> -Michael
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