Cloudwatt was a core initiative of Project Andromède, one of France's periodic attempts at building a local computer industry. Project Andromède was announced in 2009 as a governmental desire for French-controlled cloud computing, with the goal of spending €285 million (US $338 million) in "cloud souverain" ("sovereign cloud" in English).[1][2]
Overview
The launch of Cloudwatt was a part of the Andromède project initiated in 2009 to promote France in the cloud computing market.[3][4]
Cloudwatt was established on September 6, 2012 as a subsidiary of Orange S.A., with the government of France and French military contractor Thales as secondary shareholders.[5] Patrick Starck became the CEO of the company.[6][7]
In 2013, Cloudwatt chose US-based Juniper Networks as a supplier to ensure French
Assets
Cloudwatt had a capital of 225 million euros with the distribution of funds as follows: 44.4% for Orange, 22.2% for Thales, 33.3% for Caisse des Dépôts.
On January 13, 2015, Orange and its subsidiary Orange cloud for business announced the intention to buy back all of Cloudwatt.[21]
Since March 2015, Orange held 100% of the capital of Cloudwatt.
See also
- Dirigisme
- Plan Calcul
- Minitel
- Quaero
External links
References
- 285 millions d'euros pour Andromède, le cloud souverain français October 23, 2011^
- "France continues to pursue its own data centre infrastructure, dubbed “le cloud souverain”, despite the closure of some of the businesses initially behind the idea." https://theconversation.com/digital-colonialism-why-some-countries-want-to-take-control-of-their-peoples-data-from-big-tech-123048^
- Par Christophe Auffray Avril 2012. Cloud Andromède : Orange et Thales se félicitent et se disent prêts à démarrer