The European Commission, together with a consortium led by Telefónica, S.A., and over 70 European entities, has launched EURO-3C, a €75 million (US$ 87 million) project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe programme integrating telecommunications, Edge, Cloud, and AI capabilities across Europe. The project was unveiled on the side lines of the Mobile World Congress that was held recently in Barcelona.
According to a press release, EURO-3C is designed to support the EU Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030 by providing secure and sustainable digital infrastructure. The network includes more than 70 Edge and Cloud nodes across 13 European countries and is aimed at critical sectors including automotive, transport, energy, and public safety.
Renate Nikolay Deputy Director General, European Commission, said, “The European Commission strongly promotes secure digital communication infrastructures made in Europe, aiming to make the most of telco-edge-cloud convergence, with and for AI.”
Juan Montero, Director of Public Policy, Competition and Regulation, Telefónica, said, “The European Union has made technological sovereignty and industrial competitiveness a priority. This is precisely what EURO-3C aims to deliver: a European scale cooperative computing network that brings together telco capabilities, connectivity, Edge and Cloud, all enhanced with AI.”
The consortium highlights three defining features: federation of multi-operator and multi-vendor infrastructure, pan-European industrial scale collaboration, and nine validated high-value business use cases.
The EURO-3C initiative includes telecom operators, cloud providers, technology manufacturers, SMEs, universities, research centers, and industrial companies, aiming to consolidate European technological capacity in the digital value chain. Representatives from Vodafone, Ericsson, and Spanish SME Nearby Computing also participated in the announcement.