Fujitsu Limited, Fsas Technologies and Schwarz Digits, the IT and digital division of Schwarz Group, today announced a strategic partnership to advance sovereign digital infrastructure in Europe. Building on their existing collaboration in retail, the companies will work together across sovereign cloud, computing and infrastructure, with Schwarz Digits’ cloud STACKIT serving as one component of a broader joint approach.

STACKIT is the first Approved Sovereign Service Provider in the new openDesk partner program of the Center for Digital Sovereignty in Public Administration (ZenDiS).

At the Cloud X Summit by STACKIT at the RheinMain CongressCenter in Wiesbaden, Schwarz Digits — the IT and digital division of the Schwarz Group—announced the strategic expansion of its partner ecosystem in the Data & AI sector. By integrating leading data and AI specialists Celonis and Snowflake, Schwarz Digits is expanding STACKIT’s Data & AI ecosystem. This will give customers freedom of choice and access to leading AI and data platforms from European and global providers.

Cohere and Aleph Alpha, two established providers of secure, sovereign AI for governments and highly regulated industries, today announced the signing of a definitive business combination agreement, following the announcement of the planned combination in April of this year.

RISE with SAP on STACKIT

Zscaler, the cybersecurity platform for the AI era, and Schwarz Digits, the IT and digital division of Schwarz Group, today announced a strategic partnership. The collaboration combines the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform with Schwarz Digits’ European sovereign cloud STACKIT. This creates a sovereign Zero Trust Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) service designed to prevent AI-driven threats and increase cyber resilience. Now available to customers across Europe, this offering is hosted in German data centers and operated by STACKIT. While built for organizations across every industry, the solution is tailored specifically for mission-critical operations in public administration, defense, financial services, and healthcare.

Schwarz Digits, the IT and digital division of the Schwarz Group, officially opened the new Schwarz Digits Campus in Bad Friedrichshall today in the presence of political guests. For the first time, various units of the division are being brought together in one central location on the new site. The campus can accommodate up to 5,500 employees, who are spread across five terraced buildings, and covers a total area of 15.5 hectares. This physical proximity strengthens collaboration across all digital services and creates a thriving environment for the development of digital technologies from and for Europe.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) and Schwarz Digits today announced an expansion of their strategic partnership, launching a multi-year roadmap to bring the AI-native Falcon® platform to European enterprises on STACKIT, Schwarz Digits' sovereign cloud, and to extend access for customers across the region.