ESA taps OVHcloud, CGI to build system for Earth observation data
The 30-month project will pool storage, computing power and AI tools for researchers, public bodies and companies.
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ESA taps OVHcloud, CGI to build system for Earth observation data
Sept 28 : OVHcloud and CGI have won a 30-month European Space Agency contract to build computing infrastructure to store and process Europe's Earth observation satellite data, the companies said on Monday.The award reflects the European Commission's push to steer strategic workloads to European providers and
The European Space Agency has entrusted these two companies with the task of building Digital EO, the platform that will have to host all its Earth observation data by satellite. A colossal construction site, hosted entirely on European soil.
With more than 500 petabytes of satellite data expected by 2035, the European Space Agency focuses on a decentralised, scalable and resilient system to integrate computing, storage and artificial intelligence capabilities. 30-month multimillion-dollar contract, with a first implementation also in Italy The article Earth Observation, L'Esa accelerates on the sovereign cloud: OVHcloud and CGI in the DigitalEO project comes from CorCom.
OVHcloud and CGI have won a contract of several million euros from the European Space Agency (ESA). Both groups will participate in the construction of Digital EO, a digital infrastructure dedicated to Earth observation data.
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