Snowflake disclosed an intended collaboration with Orange Business to deliver a sovereign-by-design data and AI platform for the French market, built on sovereign infrastructure including Bleu1. The environment is engineered to support ANSSI's SecNumCloud qualification pathway, with regulated data staying within local boundaries and platform operations conducted by European teams subject to EU law. Snowflake Cortex AI will provide access to open-source and frontier models, including EU models, through a unified API, while the platform uses the open Apache Iceberg table format to support data portability.
Snowflake, Orange Business Plan Sovereign AI Platform for France
Snowflake intends to collaborate with Orange Business on a sovereign data and AI platform for France, targeting SecNumCloud qualification with EU-based…