Shaping the future data infrastructure together –
secure, open and transparent

Innovation through digital sovereignty – that’s the goal of Gaia-X. This is achieved by establishing an ecosystem in which data is made available, collated and shared in a trustworthy environment where users always retain sovereignty over their data. What emerges is not a cloud, but a federated system that links many cloud service providers and users together.

5 Facts on the Progress in building Gaia-X Data Spaces

How is Gaia-X making the leap from working groups and concept papers into practice? Answers are provided in our blog article “Five facts”, which shows how far the preliminary work on the first Gaia-X data spaces has progressed.

What is Gaia-X?

Gaia-X is a new, fair, evolving open-source data ecosystem that promotes open innovation through sovereign data sharing based on trust between all involved actors. Rooted in European federalist and democratic traditions, Gaia-X is based on values including openness, fairness, privacy, security and transparency. Welcome, to the Gaia-X Community! Read more

Introducing the Gaia-X Federation Services (GXFS)

The Gaia-X Federation Services (GXFS) represent the minimum technical requirements necessary to set up and operate a cloud-based self-sovereign data infrastructure ecosystem. On the basis of technical specifications, services based on open-source code are being developed. They will then be developed into operational services and continuously improved by the Gaia-X Community. Read more

About GXFS-DE

GXFS-DE is the project name of an initiative funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, based on a decision by the German Parliament. It has been established to kickstart the development of Gaia-X Federation Services as specified in a joint community process. The resulting specifications and open-source code out of this funded project are in ownership of the Gaia-X European Association for Data and Cloud AISBL – Brussels, Belgium.

The eco Association of the Internet Industry, with its Head Office in Cologne, Germany, acts as a procurer to coordinate the specification work and to award the contractors for the implementation, based on an open EU-wide tender process.