# Critique of Gaia-X's role in Europe's cloud strategy

DevFeed: [Critique of Gaia-X's role in Europe's cloud strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/gaia-x-is-a-distraction-which-should-be-abandoned-36402.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/gaia-x-is-an-expensive-distraction/>)

Published: 2024-07-25T10:50:43Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bert-hubert-s-writings.md>)

Topics: [gaia](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gaia.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Data Space](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-space.md>), [interoperability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/interoperability.md>)

Tags: [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [europe](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/europe.md>), [gaia](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gaia.md>), [governance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/governance.md>), [initiative](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/initiative.md>), [interoperability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interoperability.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [transparency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transparency.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that Gaia-X is an expensive distraction that is not building a European cloud and may be holding back progress. It distinguishes Gaia-X from an EU project or AWS competitor and discusses its stated focus on digital governance, transparency, portability, interoperability, Data Spaces, and open source software.

## Source excerpt

It pains me that I have to write this, but Gaia-X is a harmful and expensive distraction, and it is not doing anything that will ever get us a "European cloud", not even indirectly. Its very existence is holding back progress. For this reason, Gaia-X should be abandoned, and we should try to learn as much as possible from its failure, so we can try something else. I provide some inspiration at the end of this post.