Taking the data keys back from the AMIGOs
How is it possible to build a European hyperscaler that rivals the biggest american companies while keeping data strictly within EU borders?
In this episode of the Unmute All podcast, host Péter Civin sits down with the architects of the T Cloud Public service: Kiss Zsolt (Chief Platform Operations Officer), Szabó László (Operations Manager), and Gombár Zoltán (VP Cloud Services). They explore how DT-ITS is moving beyond just using the cloud to actually building its “engine” from the ground up, providing a sovereign, high-stability alternative for European enterprises.
The AMIGO Problem
In the cloud world, the term AMIGO (an acronym for Amazon, Microsoft, and Google) defines the dominant hyperscalers. While these giants offer incredible scale, they are bound by American laws like the Cloud Act and the Patriot Act. This means that even if your data is stored in Frankfurt, the U.S. government could technically request access to it.
T-Cloud Public offers a different path:
Total European Sovereignty: All data remains within the European Union, and the service is operated entirely by EU-based staff.
Legal Protection: The service is governed strictly by European laws, ensuring that data never “leaves the house” or falls under foreign jurisdiction.
Market Leadership: In Germany, T Cloud Public has already overtaken Google to become the third-largest public cloud provider.
From Smart Beehives to Tumor Diagnosis
Cloud isn’t just about servers, it’s about the specialized “flavors” of computing that power modern innovation. The team discusses how their infrastructure supports diverse, high-stakes projects:
Healthcare AI: Using GPU flavors to diagnose tumors in MR scans and develop solutions for dementia prevention.
Environmental Monitoring: Supporting the European Space Agency’s Copernicus project, processing petabytes of earth observation data.
Industrial IoT: Managing “smart beehives” that track pollen levels and bee health, as well as the internal GeekGardener project that allows office plants to water themselves based on sensor data.
The 7-Year Streak: Stability Under the Hood
For many organizations, the biggest challenge to cloud adoption is the fear of downtime. The T Cloud Public team shares a staggering milestone: seven years without a P1 (priority one) outage. This reliability is the result of:
Redundancy by Design: Utilizing regions in Germany and the Netherlands to ensure georedundancy and low latency.
Expert Operation: A team of nearly 200 experts in Hungary working alongside German and Slovak colleagues to maintain the backend.
OpenStack Foundation: Building on open-source standards to provide flexibility and avoid vendor lock-in.
What’s Next for T-Cloud Public?
The mission for 2026 is clear: achieving 100% service parity with the global hyperscalers.
New Regions: Management is currently mapping out potential new regions in Central Europe to further reduce latency.
Advanced Computing: New memory-optimized flavors are scheduled for release in Q2 2026 to support the massive memory demands of modern AI models.
Expanding the Team: As the platform grows, the team is scouting for Cloud Engineers, Architects, and Security Testers who want to look “under the hood” and build the cloud’s backend rather than just managing customer-side services.
The takeaway?
You don’t have to cross the Atlantic to find hyperscale power. Sometimes, the most secure and stable place for your data is the one built right here in Europe.
Listen to the full episode in Hungarian here: https://www.deutschetelekomitsolutions.hu/podcast/t-cloud-public-beszelgetes-az-adatszuverenitasrol-es-a-jovo-hyperscalererol/