Picterra featured in Google Cloud Summit Switzerland keynote

Great to see Vi Partners portfolio company Picterra featured in the opening keynote at Google Cloud Summit Switzerland. 💡 Dr. Marianne Janik, VP EMEA North at Google Cloud, showcased how Picterra leverages GeoAI on Google Cloud to drive sustainable impact across industries such as agriculture, deforestation monitoring, supply chains, mining, and infrastructure. A great recognition for the team and we are proud to support them in delivering #measurable sustainability outcomes!

Gartner's Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2026 are here 💡 With one of them being an idea I've authored together with Lydia Leong, David Smith, Gregor Petri, René Büst and Gene Alvarez. Geopatriation is prompting organizations to move workloads to sovereign, secure environments such as sovereign clouds and on-premises data centers. Explore the strategies shaping tomorrow: https://gtnr.it/42M7BIP Read the dedicated research on Geopatriation: https://lnkd.in/dMi3b-ru Gartner for IT | #GartnerSYM #TechTrends #AI #CIO #Technology #Cloud #Geopatriation

“So, how is digital preservation different from cloud storage?” One of my first questions to Jacobo, when we sat down for lunch in Madrid. Here’s what I learned: ☁️ Cloud storage keeps data somewhere safe. 🕰️ Digital preservation keeps data accessible, trustworthy, and meaningful… forever. Just because something is stored in the cloud doesn’t mean it will still be readable or usable in the future. It’s not simply about where data lives — it’s about ensuring that the knowledge, culture, and discoveries we create today don’t vanish tomorrow. Because we’re not just talking about files or data. We’re talking about scientific breakthroughs, digital art and heritage, oral histories, research datasets, cultural memory, government records, and more. Without dedicated preservation, those could quietly disappear as formats, systems, and technologies evolve. With modern preservation platforms like Libnova, we now have the power to ensure our digital heritage lasts forever. Not just stored — but accessible to future generations. It immediately clicked for me: This isn’t just technology. 💡 It’s humanity’s backup plan. #DigitalPreservation #Libnova

Within the next 20 years, Jeff Bezos predicts that the biggest AI clusters won’t be built on Earth, but above it. In space, sunlight never fades and cooling isn’t a limit. Gigawatt-scale training could run nonstop, powered directly by the sun. Space isn’t just the next frontier. It’s the next Cloud.

Jeff Bezos predicts that within the next 10 to 20 years, massive gigawatt-scale data centers will be built in space. These space-based centers would benefit from continuous solar power without weather interruptions, making them more efficient and potentially cheaper than Earth-based data centers. Driven by soaring demand from #AI and cloud computing, Bezos sees space as the next frontier for scalable, sustainable data infrastructure despite challenges like maintenance and launch costs.

The ARC Hub for ICT understands that AI-driven innovation depends on strong, intelligent digital foundations 🌐. From cloud systems to adaptive cities, infrastructure is more than just the backbone of technology, it’s what enables connected, sustainable, and data-driven societies. 🎥 Hear from Professor Ivana Dusparic, our Pillar Lead for Digital Infrastructure, as she shares how this thematic pillar is advancing scalable and future-proof systems to power the next generation of AI. 🔗 Learn more about how to be part of our mission to build intelligent digital ecosystems at https://ict.archub.ie/ #ARCHub4ICT #ARCHubs #ArcHub #TUDublinResearchandInnovation #ictresearch #WeAreTUDublin #euinmyregion

🌩️ When Clouds Go Down, Your Science Shouldn’t This week’s AWS outage was a reminder: critical workloads can’t afford single-cloud dependency — especially in climate monitoring, restoration, or real-time sensing. At DotMote, we built SWEEP to be cloud-agnostic from day one. That means: ✅ Run the same Earth data workflow across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud ✅ Failover to alternate clouds when one provider stalls ✅ Keep sensors online, models running, and data moving — no matter what 🌎 Whether you’re mapping wetlands, forecasting ET, or tracking forests under heat stress — resilience starts at the infrastructure layer. We believe cloud freedom = scientific freedom. Curious? Let’s talk. #cloudnative #geospatial #climate #resilience #sweepworkflows #dotmote #awsoutage #multicloud #earthdata

Nearly a year ago, the EuroScienceGateway (ESG) project achieved an important milestone: deploying Galaxy + Pulsar on the EOSC EU Node — a major step toward a federated, FAIR, and reusable scientific infrastructure in Europe. This work demonstrated how researchers could easily launch their own Galaxy instances on the European Open Science Cloud, bringing reproducibility and scalability closer to everyday practice. As 2025 continues to advance open science initiatives, this achievement deserves another look. Building sustainable, interoperable research platforms is a long game — and ESG’s contribution remains a key example of collaboration done right. 🔗 Read the original news and watch the deployment demo: https://lnkd.in/gM6wDyWc #UseGalaxy #GalaxyProject #UniFreiburg #EOSC #EuroScienceGateway

🌿 Sustainable cloud that’s flexible and easy to use 🇸🇪 We’re excited to announce our partnership with Cloudist, Sweden’s green cloud provider, now offering services powered by Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure. What you get with Cloudist + Virtuozzo: ♻️ 100% renewable energy in Swedish data centers 🧩 High-performance, open source-based virtualization 🖥️ Unified, easy-to-use portal for day-to-day operations 💸 Transparent daily billing with no lock-in 🇸🇪 Swedish data residency for compliance and control A sustainable and sovereign cloud choice without compromise on speed, reliability, or usability. #Virtuozzo #Cloudist #GreenCloud #SustainableIT #SovereignCloud #CloudInfrastructure #Sweden

Today marks an exciting milestone in Aligned Data Centers’ journey. With the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), MGX, and BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) set to acquire Aligned, we’re entering a new chapter—one that strengthens our ability to deliver scalable, sustainable, and high-performance digital infrastructure to support the world’s most advanced AI and cloud workloads. This partnership expands the resources and reach that will help us move faster, innovate deeper, and continue meeting our customers’ evolving needs with agility and precision. I’m grateful to our teams, customers, and partners who make this progress possible every day. The future of digital infrastructure is being built right here—and we’re just getting started. See recent news: https://lnkd.in/eBhgcWTK