France swaps Microsoft for Iliad's Scaleway to repatriate health data hub
France has chosen Scaleway, a domestic cloud provider, to host its Health Data Hub. This decision replaces Microsoft Azure. The move follows new laws mandating sensitive data be hosted on sovereign infrastructure. Scaleway will now secure health r...

The contract adds to the French company's broader European momentum. Earlier in April, the European Commission awarded a 180 million euro ($210 million) cloud tender to Scaleway, Post Telecom, OVHcloud and STACKIT.
The French government had originally chosen Microsoft Azure to host the platform, a decision that drew sustained legal and political scrutiny. Microsoft's own representatives admitted before a French Senate inquiry that they could not oppose a US injunction targeting French citizens' data, even if it was hosted in France.
A follow-up law passed in 2024 mandates that sensitive data be hosted on sovereign-guaranteed infrastructure, effectively excluding providers subject to the US Cloud Act.
Scaleway, evaluated for more than 350 technical criteria, was designated as the hub's future host, tasked with securing health records covering tens of millions of French citizens.
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