Amid an invitation to the Mix of Technology in the European Sovereign Union, Evroc raises $ 55 million to build a super cloud in Europe

A Swedish startup, aimed at building a super cloud company in Europe 50.6 million euros (55 million dollars) in financing from the series A. EVROCAs it is called, it says it lay the foundations for “a safe, sustainable and sustainable cloud to re -perceive the digital future of Europe.”

This advertisement comes in the middle Increasing calls to Create a European technical pileOne independent of American technology companies and the changing political scene. Only this week, a An alliance from all over the technology industry in Europe He called for “radical work” from legislators to reduce the region’s dependence on the digital infrastructure owned by foreigners, and to pressure the local alternatives Applicationsand Artificial intelligence modelsand Chips And the full junction of cloud services.

Evroc aims to benefit from this momentum. The three -year -old company plans to build data centers and a group of cloud services. In that Launch in 2023EvROC has set plans to create eight data centers by 2028. Today, she says they have two facilities for the subscriber of Stockholm and two others in Paris.

By the end of the second quarter of this year, the company expects two additional facilities in Frankfurt, with the work ongoing in the first leading data centers in Sweden FranceThe completion of the year 2026 with the burdens of artificial intelligence work as a basic axis.

“They (…) are designed for the intensity of energy required for Amnesty International, where shelves can consume 20 times what can be the traditional server shelf,” EvROC CEO and founder Mattias åström (In the picture above) Tell Techcrunch. “Both will be equipped with liquid cooling, but it will also host account and storage servers.”

The official EVROC is scheduled to later later this year, with the addition of åström that it already works with early Beta customers in industries that require a “great need for sovereignty”, including defense, public sector, health care and financial services. It also alluded to additional data centers next year, although the company is not ready to confirm the details.

Digital sovereignty

Europe Digital sovereignty agenda is not new. In fact, most American technology giants They are already investing in Local infrastructure To ensure compliance with the rules for establishing European Union data. Amnesty International Habibi Openai has been revealed recently A new offer allows customers to process and store data in Europe.

But with the high geopolitical tensions, åström argues that controlling infrastructure issues in Europe is more than just server sites.

For example, Donald Trump last month The executive order signed Delegating economic sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Netherlands, accusing “illegal and baseless acts” against the United States and Israel. These sanctions affect how technology companies can serve institutions, with a The guardian report This indicates that the International Criminal Court relies heavily on the Azure Microsoft cloud to store data.

Elsewhere, Elon Musk – is now a central figure in US government operations I admit to suffocating Ukrainian arrival to Starlink, run by his company Spacex. Recently, Claim The entire confrontation line will collapse in Ukraine if it is chosen to stop it. Although Musk later retreatedThe accident was another reminder of the importance of infrastructure independence. This is also why the European Union Moving forward with plans For a satellite constellation to compete with Starlink.

“I want to simply control Europe.” “And while we are in it, try to build something better.”

As well as geopolitical disorders, the revolution of artificial intelligence means that organizations previously rely on local infrastructure should now consider the cloud to take full advantage of artificial intelligence.

Many European startups are already building cloud infrastructure in Europe, including France Flexaiand Datacrunch in FinlandAnd Nebius in the Netherlands – entity Get out of Yandex ash last year.

However, while many of these players focus on computing artificial intelligence, Evroc aims to build a very friendly cloud for developers that resemble AWS and its likes.

The largest part of the 60 EvROC employees focuses on the development of software, and spreads in Sweden and France, and the UK indicated that the London Center was not originally planned but it has become necessary to attract higher talents from major technology companies.

“I am very enthusiastic about our office in London – this was not part of the initial plan, but in order to get very smart people working for the superinners, this was the right decision.”

Show me money

When Evroc It was launched from the ghost two years ago With the funding of 13 million euros, he told åström techcrunch that he intends to collect up to 3 billion euros of capital within two years. By August last year, the news that sparked Efrock erupted 42 million euros As part of the A series A, the tour is now closed with 50.6 million euros with investments from the US -American adventure company Plotiand EQT Venturesand NORRSKEN VCAnd Giant projects.

There is no elephant escape in the room. Building anything close to what they had with their people with a hole is close to the money-is Evro still planning to collect billions?

“This is still the case, but the key here is (first) to get this staple program,” Follow åström. “Europe has many databases, but we don’t really have this cloud. This stock tour really helps us to build a master of programs.”

The company plans to raise more capital later in 2025, in the wake of a financing model similar to other cloud infrastructure operators such as Coreave, which has grown fingerprint Borrowing against guarantees Like NVIDIA chips.

“The construction of data centers will require a lot of additional investment, but good news is that you can finance it with debts,” said åström.