European firms launch Disaster Recovery Pack for tech independence
A group of European technology providers has launched a joint disaster recovery solution designed to ensure continuity of operations and reduce reliance on non-European cloud infrastructure.
A group of European technology companies, Cubbit, SUSE, Elemento, and StorPool Storage, has launched a joint ‘Disaster Recovery Pack’ to support the continuity of organisations’ data and operations in the event of disruptions caused to external dependencies.
The solution was presented on 15 April 2026 at the European Data Summit organised by the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation in Berlin. It is described as a system intended to maintain critical workloads even in scenarios involving disruptions associated with foreign technology providers.
The Disaster Recovery Pack integrates multiple components of the cloud software stack into a single deployable system. These components include storage, compute, orchestration, networking, identity, observability, and management. By combining these elements, the solution aims to reduce fragmentation and facilitate the deployment of a unified technology stack.
According to the providers, the system is designed to allow organisations to transfer critical workloads to a European-based infrastructure without major disruption. It can be used to identify essential services, establish and test recovery setups, and extend these configurations to additional workloads over time.
The solution is positioned to address operational requirements for disaster recovery while also supporting a broader transition to infrastructure based on European providers. It has already been deployed by an IT service provider in Italy and is expected to be adopted by additional partners.
Why does it matter?
The initiative is linked to efforts to reduce reliance on non-European cloud infrastructure and to strengthen the resilience of digital operations. In a statement, Sebastiano Toffaletti, Secretary General of the European DIGITAL SME Alliance, said that European companies are capable of developing and integrating such solutions, and highlighted the need for policy measures that support their adoption, including considerations related to public procurement and definitions of sovereign cloud within future policy frameworks.
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