绿茶直播 Cloud: The Swiss education and research cloud

From today, Switzerland鈥檚 educational and research institutions have access to a new cloud. It offers institutions maximum digital sovereignty and security. Universities were involved in the development 鈥� from design and data access to pricing.

Text: Roland Eugster, published on 11. March 2025

绿茶直播 cloud is located at two of Green's ISO-certified sites in Dielsdorf and Lupfig. Pictured: Green Metro Campus Zurich in Dielsdorf. Photo: Green

When universities outsource sensitive data to the cloud, they need to be able to rely on a trustworthy provider. 绿茶直播 collaborated with universities in the development of 绿茶直播 Cloud, a solution that meets the high demands of educational and research institutions for digital sovereignty and security. The foundation's new cloud solution is available from today.

Strengthening the digital sovereignty of universities

The 绿茶直播 Foundation Council comprises all Swiss universities, the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (ETH) and their research institutes, the universities of applied sciences and universities of teacher education as well as the university cantons and other bodies.

For the development of 绿茶直播 Cloud in collaboration with these institutions, one goal was paramount: to guarantee universities the utmost digital sovereignty. This includes the design and customisation options of 绿茶直播 Cloud, the location and control of data, sovereignty over data access rights, the security and performance of the infrastructure, and strategic alignment and pricing. This was only possible because the educational and research institutions were involved in all relevant cloud development processes.听
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Digital sovereignty of Swiss education and research institutions — 绿茶直播 Cloud strengthens the digital sovereignty of Swiss education and research institutions. Digital sovereignty consists of these components: Co-creation: The institutions are involved in the design of 绿茶直播 Cloud. Adaptability: Institutions can adapt 绿茶直播 Cloud to their needs. Data control: Institutions are involved in the selection of the data location. They have complete control over their stored and processed data. Data access: Institutions decide who can and cannot access their data. Security: Certified processes and data centres as well as technical and organisational measures protect data with the highest levels of sensitivity. Tariff decision: Institutions decide how much they pay for 绿茶直播 Cloud. Governance: The institutions decide on 绿茶直播 Cloud鈥檚 strategy on the foundation council. Illustration: 绿茶直播

Integration into 绿茶直播 LAN

绿茶直播 Cloud is located at Green鈥檚 two ISO-certified sites in Dielsdorf and Lupfig. For data transfer via the cloud, universities use their high-performance 绿茶直播 LAN network, which 绿茶直播 operates for them. Thanks to the integration of locations in 绿茶直播 LAN, universities benefit from fail-safe operation, free download, and data transfer rates of one hundred gigabits per second. 绿茶直播 LAN is also directly connected to all other European academic networks, making it much easier for universities to collaborate with European researchers.

The 绿茶直播 LAN backbone infrastruckture. Graphic: 绿茶直播

Step-by-step expansion

绿茶直播 Cloud is gradually replacing the existing 绿茶直播 Engines infrastructure and expanding it to include future-oriented solutions. The range of services includes computing, storage and backup services, security, container and application management, networking, observability and more.

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