- Rule changes see AWS forced to resign Cispe -Board
- The company remains a member of the group
- Microsoft is also a newly added member
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been drawn from the board of directors of CISPE (Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe) following a change of rules which means that what only European -based companies can earn.
Under the new rules, non-European Sky Screen providers with an income of more than 10 billion euros can still participate, but only as non-voted members.
At the same time, CISPE introduced a sovereignty and strategic autonomy committee designed to meet the growing demand for European Sky Infrastructure and AI solutions.
AWS forced to go off from Cispe Board
A Cispe spokesman commented: “This shift comes at a critical time of concern about economic and geopolitical dependencies that are becoming more pronounced. The urgent need for an elastic, competitive and independent European cloud ecosystem has never been clearer. “
Cispe promised “bold and innovative obligations to exploit Europe’s various and fragmented sky ecosystem” this year focusing on serving Europe’s SMEs, whether it is customers or suppliers.
Jacqueline van de Werken from Hollands Leaseweb, David Chassan from France’s Outscale and Lorenzo Chiriatti from Register in Italy remains on the board of directors with newly elected members Alexander Windbichler of Anexia, Austria and Jake Madders, representing UK’s Hyve.
Cispe confirmed that Gigas and UpCloud together with AWS decided not to apply for re -election.
AWS Head of Public Policy EMEA, Stéphane Ducable, commented (via Registered): “We are proud of our contribution to CISPE’s results and growth for almost a decade and remains engaged in the association and its basic principles.”
Ducable added: “As a dedicated CISPE member, we will continue to contribute actively to CISPE initiatives that reject the sky industry, support the Cloud Customer ‘Choice and improve European competitiveness.”
The changes come shortly after it was revealed that Microsoft had joined CISPE to focus on building a “constructive partnership” in Europe, despite the company’s former cloud conflict in the region.
