Gcore and Orange Business launch innovation program piloting joint solution to deliver sovereign inference as a service

Gcore and Orange Business have kicked off a strategic co-innovation program with the mission to deliver a scalable, production-grade AI inference service that is sovereign by design. By combining Orange Business’ secure, trusted cloud infrastructure and Gcore’s AI inference private deployment service, the collaboration empowers European enterprises and public sector organizations to run inference workloads at scale, without compromising on latency, control, or compliance.

Gcore’s AI inference private deployment service is already live on Orange Business’ Cloud Avenue infrastructure. Selected enterprises across industries are actively testing it in real-world scenarios. These pilot customers are exploring how fast, secure, and compliant inference can accelerate their AI projects, cut deployment times, and reduce infrastructure overhead.

The prototype will be demonstrated at NVIDIA GTC Paris, at the Taiga Cloud booth G26. Stop by any time to see it in action.

The inference supercycle is underway

By 2030, inference will comprise 70% of enterprise AI workloads. Telcos are well positioned to lead this shift due to their dense edge presence, licensed national data infrastructure, and long-standing trust relationships.

Gcore’s inference solution provides a sovereign, edge-native inference layer. It enables users to serve real-time, GPU-intensive applications like agentic AI, trusted LLMs, computer vision, and predictive analytics, all while staying compliant with Europe’s evolving data and AI governance frameworks.

From complexity to three clicks

Enterprise AI doesn’t need to be hard. Deploying inference workloads at scale used to demand Kubernetes fluency, large MLOps teams, and costly trial-and-error.

Now? It’s just three clicks:

• Pick a model: Choose from NVIDIA NIMs, open source, or proprietary libraries.
• Choose a region: Select one of Orange Business’ accredited EU data centers.
• Deploy: See your workloads go live in under 10 seconds.

Enterprises can launch inference projects faster, test ideas more quickly, and deliver production-ready AI services without spending months on ML plumbing.

Explore our blog to watch a demo showing how enterprises can deploy inference workloads in just three clicks and ten seconds.

Sovereign by design

All model data, logs, and inference results are stored exclusively within Orange Business’ own data centers in France, Germany, Norway, and Sweden. Cross-border data transfer is opt-in only, helping ensure alignment with GDPR, sector-specific regulations, and the forthcoming EU AI Act.

This platform is built for trust, transparency, and sovereignty by default. Customers maintain full control over their data, with governance baked into every layer of the deployment.

Performance without trade-offs

Gcore’s AI inference solution avoids the latency spikes, cold starts, and resource waste common in traditional cloud AI setups. Key design features include:

• Smart GPU routing: Directs each request to the nearest in-region GPU, delivering real-time performance with sub-50ms latency.
• Pre-loaded models: Reduces cold start delays and improves response times.
• Secure multi-tenancy: Isolates customer data while maximizing infrastructure efficiency.

The result is a production-ready inference platform optimized for both performance and compliance.

Powering the future of AI infrastructure

This partnership marks a step forward for Europe’s sovereign AI capabilities. It highlights how telcos can serve as the backbone of next-generation AI infrastructure, hosting, scaling, and securing workloads at the edge.

With hundreds of edge POPs, trusted national networks, and deep ties across vertical industries, Orange Business is uniquely positioned to support a broad range of use cases, including real-time customer service AI, fraud detection, healthcare diagnostics, logistics automation, and public sector digital services.

What’s next: validating real-world performance

This phase of the Gcore and Orange Business program is focused on validating the solution through live customer deployments and performance benchmarks. Orange Business will gather feedback from early access customers to shape its future sovereign inference service offering. These insights will drive refinements and shape the roadmap ahead of a full commercial launch planned for later this year.

Gcore and Orange Business are committed to delivering a sovereign inference service that meets Europe’s highest standards for speed, simplicity, and trust. This co-innovation program lays the foundation for that future.

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