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Sign InIn a move reflecting the growing European emphasis on technological sovereignty in strategic sectors, Airbus has secured a multi-year partnership with Scaleway, the cloud division of Iliad Group. This collaboration aims to establish a sovereign cloud infrastructure specifically designed for sensitive industrial and defense applications. Furthermore, the infrastructure will be instrumental in deploying AI tools developed in partnership with the French AI startup Mistral.
This strategic shift occurs as European defense firms increasingly seek to mitigate reliance on US-based cloud providers, with Airbus positioning itself against similar initiatives like the Thales-Google Cloud sovereign partnership. Per market data, the European defense sector is seeing a surge in digital investment; Iliad, Scaleway's parent company, reported a cloud revenue increase of over 10% in its latest fiscal results, underscoring the robust capacity it brings to the Airbus agreement.
Regarding market performance, AIR.PA shares closed at 195.38 EUR (as of July 15, 2026), having traded between a day low of 192.52 EUR and a high of 196.7 EUR. Investors are closely monitoring how such strategic alliances influence long-term defense contracts, particularly as the market awaits broader Eurozone trade data which could impact the export dynamics for the aerospace giant.