Clarence: the First
sovereign air-gapped
cloud in Europe
Welcome to the world of Clarence, where the power of the most advanced cloud technologies, artificial intelligence solutions, and complete sovereignty come together in an isolated, disconnected, secure, and legally protected environment.
The only operational air-gapped cloud in Europe!
Innovation, artificial intelligence, and sovereignty at the core of a dedicated cloud for every customer
Clarence delivers a sovereign air-gapped cloud designed for the most critical environments. Initially built on Google Cloud technologies, the platform combines advanced capabilities with an increasing openness to open-source solutions and the integration of European third-party software.
It enables organizations to innovate securely through artificial intelligence solutions while maintaining complete control over data and operations, free from external dependencies and protected against external threats, whether geopolitical or cyber-related.
Designed for the most demanding organizations, Clarence ensures the highest levels of confidentiality, security, and compliance, while providing full operational autonomy to each client through a physically dedicated infrastructure.
Clarence's benefits
Why Clarence is unique in Luxembourg
A unique sovereign air-gapped cloud in Europe
A fully isolated (air-gapped) infrastructure with no external connectivity, delivering maximum security and eliminating exposure to extraterritorial risks.
100% european governance and operations
A predominantly public ownership structure, with teams and operations based in Luxembourg, ensuring strategic independence and full control.
Dedicated, secure and highly resilient infrastructure
A dedicated environment hosted in Tier IV data centres in Luxembourg, delivering high availability, outstanding performance, and complete isolation.
Complete Control Over Data and Operations
End-to-end control of the cloud environment, access management, and operations, with advanced protection for sensitive data.
An Open, High-Performance Platform Built for AI
Powered by advanced technologies, open to open-source solutions and European software providers, with capabilities designed for intensive workloads and artificial intelligence applications.
Complete control over data and operations
Maintain full control of your cloud environment, access management, and operational processes, while ensuring advanced protection for your most sensitive data.
Open, high-performance platform for AI
Powered by advanced technologies, open to open-source solutions and European software providers, with capabilities designed for intensive workloads and artificial intelligence applications.
LuxConnect and Proximus: the founders of Clarence, Luxembourg's sovereign cloud
Clarence is the result of a strategic partnership between LuxConnect and Proximus, born from the ambition to create a unique sovereign air-gapped cloud in Europe, designed to address critical challenges around data sovereignty and the development of artificial intelligence.
This partnership delivers a highly secure, compliant, and fully isolated cloud platform, enabling organizations to deploy and operate advanced workloads, including AI applications, in a controlled and resilient environment.
Clarence gives customers complete control over their sensitive data while meeting the most demanding requirements for security, regulatory compliance, and data residency.
Find answers
to your questions
Our project for a disconnected sovereign cloud is part of European efforts to encourage the digitization of Europe, while retaining control over the protection of European citizens’ data and a degree of digital autonomy.
The European Union’s ambition is to be at the forefront of technological advances, while maintaining control over the flow and security of data generated within the Union.
With regard to the cloud: It is essential to accelerate the use of sovereign clouds, both at institutional level and for the critical infrastructures of our States. This will enable us to maintain control over the integrity of our data and access to it, but also, from an operational point of view, to ensure that these operations are carried out on our soil and subject only to European jurisdiction.
The sovereign cloud solves the dilemma between innovation and compliance. By combining the best of both worlds, it facilitates access to technological innovations while ensuring compliance and the protection of sensitive data.
This unique disconnected sovereign cloud solution is dedicated to governments, regulated companies, international organizations and businesses with sensitive data in Europe. The aim is to offer an innovative solution while guaranteeing the confidentiality and security of information, and offering complete autonomy of operation.
The platform is entirely installed and managed locally. This totally disconnected configuration guarantees total control over the location of data and who has access to it.
Entirely subject to European jurisdictions for the control, security and risk management of our data globally, it will leverage the inescapable know-how of third-country technologies. This partnership ensures total autarky and sovereignty, offering innovative functionalities hitherto only available in a Public Cloud.
The solution we are proposing is a unique initiative in Luxembourg and in Europe. At the crossroads of the EU’s major economies, Luxembourg is a central gateway to Europe. In parallel with the growth of its ICT sector, Luxembourg has pioneered major innovations in data protection, data ownership in the cloud and regulation of infrastructure deployment.
The Sovereign Cloud lets you know where your data is at all times, and guarantees that it never leaves Luxembourg. By offering you cloud-native solutions on our sovereign cloud, you benefit from the best of both worlds: private cloud and public cloud.
Yes. When it comes to data sovereignty, the operational and legal aspects are important.
Our sovereign cloud platform, for example, is entirely installed and managed locally. This totally disconnected configuration guarantees total control over where data is stored and who has access to it.
Yes, Distributed Cloud is a fully disconnected, air-gapped solution. It does not depend on a connection to Google Cloud.
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