SAP joins forces with France's AI ecosystem to power Europe's sovereign digital future

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SAP (NYSE: SAP) announced a multi‑partner collaboration with France's AI ecosystem—including Bleu, Capgemini, and Mistral AI—to build secure, scalable, AI‑driven sovereign cloud solutions for Europe. The initiative, presented at the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty, aims to protect data and IP while enabling compliant enterprise AI on SAP Business Technology Platform and sovereign data centers.

SAP said it is accelerating European investments and is allocating over €20 billion to sovereign cloud and AI solutions, plus joint product integrations such as Mistral AI Studio in SAP AI Foundation.

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• Over €20 billion allocated to sovereign cloud and AI solutions
• Expanded partnerships with Bleu, Capgemini, Mistral AI
• Delivery of a first full sovereign AI stack for Europe
• Mistral AI Studio integrated into SAP AI Foundation
• Sovereign deployments via SAP BTP across local data centers

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• None.

Insights

Technology and Sovereignty Strategist

SAP's alliances with French AI firms and a €20 billion commitment materially advance Europe's sovereign cloud and AI capabilities.

SAP combines enterprise software reach with French AI expertise to deliver a full sovereign AI stack and cloud options for Europe. The collaboration with Mistral AI, Capgemini, and Bleu targets an integrated offering from infrastructure through platform to applications, while embedding compliance and control features aimed at regulated and public sectors.

The plan depends on deployment at local data centers, partner integration, and government endorsement; execution risk includes operational integration, certification, and adoption by regulated customers. Watch delivery milestones for the sovereign AI Foundation on SAP BTP and the initial public-sector rollouts starting in 2025. Expect near-term focus on demonstrations and contractual agreements and a 12–36 month horizon for measurable enterprise and public-sector deployments.

WALLDORF, Germany, Nov. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced a new collaboration with France's AI sector, which includes new and expanded partnerships with Bleu, Capgemini, and Mistral AI. The collaboration will combine SAP enterprise application expertise with France's vibrant AI ecosystem to create secure, scalable, AI-driven sovereign cloud solutions that protect data and intellectual property while advancing Europe's digital transformation. The announcement took place at the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty in Berlin, where France and Germany emphasized strengthening European innovation and competitiveness.

"Europe's competitiveness depends on its ability to innovate without compromise by combining technological excellence with full digital sovereignty," said Christian Klein, CEO of SAP SE. "By joining forces with France's world-class AI ecosystem, SAP is helping to build a trusted digital foundation for Europe where innovation is open, data is protected, and technology truly serves people and progress."

Bleu and Delos Cloud: Franco-German Collaboration Supporting European Digital Sovereignty

In a volatile and dynamic geopolitical climate, Bleu and Delos Cloud have established a robust Franco-German alliance to safeguard Europe's digital infrastructure. Bleu and Delos Cloud signed a mutual assistance commitment for technical and operational cooperation in extensive crisis and emergency scenarios. This includes technical and operational cooperation to help ensure rapid, coordinated crisis response, even in extreme scenarios, such as military conflict or cyberattacks.

This partnership includes enabling cross-border capabilities for early detection, analysis, defense, and remediation of cyber incidents. By working together, Bleu and Delos Cloud strengthen Europe's capabilities for resilience and digital sovereignty, supporting both crisis prevention and long-term stability.

Together with SAP, authorities, and governments, Bleu and Delos Cloud are ready to make a central contribution to Europe's digital sovereignty, helping ensure that critical infrastructure remains secure, resilient, and under European control. Further details are available here.

Capgemini: Driving Europe's AI-Driven Digital and Technology Sovereignty

SAP and Capgemini are deepening their strategic partnership to strengthen cybersecurity and accelerate sovereign agentic AI-driven enterprise transformation solutions across Europe. Under the Franco-German industry alliance, both companies will sign a cooperation agreement and launch a Sovereign Technology Partnership, providing European organizations access to the spectrum of enterprise data management and migration services, cloud infrastructure and automation platforms, and agentic AI capabilities for European industries – including those in the public sector and regulated industries. By setting a new benchmark for trusted, compliant, and resilient digital infrastructure, SAP and Capgemini are helping enable European organizations to innovate securely and independently.

Mistral AI: Alliance for European Sovereign AI

SAP and Mistral AI today announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to accelerate digital transformation and strengthen Europe's technological sovereignty in artificial intelligence. The collaboration will provide organizations with the first full sovereign AI stack for Europe: 

• Bringing together Mistral AI and SAP products: SAP will provide Mistral AI's frontier AI, including Le Chat, through the sovereign AI Foundation on SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). This joint offering will bring together the strengths of enterprise software and AI to deliver sovereign cloud solutions for Europe on sovereign AI data center. Mistral AI Studio will be integrated into AI Foundation, an SAP solution empowering customers and partners to build and deploy sovereign cloud applications and AI agents securely, compliantly, and at scale within their own environments. 
• Co-developing sovereign customer solutions: SAP and Mistral AI will jointly design and develop industry-specific AI applications that leverage SAP's technology leadership and Mistral AI's expertise to solve complex engineering and R&D challenges and unlock new business value. 

This joint effort is the next step to enabling sovereign AI across the continent on European terms. AI Foundation in SAP Business Technology Platform serves as an integration layer that offers SAP Business AI across virtually any infrastructure. Mistral AI and SAP lay the foundation together with partners and endorsed by governments for scalable and compliant AI solutions in Europe, covering sovereign AI from the hardware to the platform and applications, to the user interface.  

A dedicated sovereignty pillar will serve European public services and regulated sectors, starting in Germany – and extendible to a wide variety of industries. By integrating Mistral's AI capabilities into SAP's cloud infrastructure for Europe, the partnership enables secure, scalable AI deployments tailored to local requirements. 

A Unified Vision for Europe's Digital Sovereignty

These partnerships form a key part of SAP's broader SAP Sovereign Cloud solutions to strengthen Europe's digital sovereignty and unlock the potential of AI. SAP is accelerating its investment in European sovereignty, deploying the SAP Cloud Infrastructure service across local data centers and allocating over €20 billion to sovereign cloud and AI solutions. By combining trusted governance and rigorous compliance with the ability to maintain control over data and assets while deploying some of the best available technologies on European terms SAP is creating a resilient digital foundation for governments, public institutions, and enterprises under European control.

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FAQ

What did SAP (NYSE: SAP) announce on November 18, 2025 about European sovereign cloud?

SAP announced a collaboration with Bleu, Capgemini, and Mistral AI to deliver secure, AI‑driven sovereign cloud solutions for Europe.

How much is SAP investing in sovereign cloud and AI for Europe?

SAP said it is allocating over €20 billion to sovereign cloud and AI solutions in Europe.

What does the SAP and Mistral AI partnership provide for SAP customers?

The partnership integrates Mistral AI Studio and frontier models into SAP AI Foundation on SAP BTP to offer a full sovereign AI stack.

Will SAP's sovereign cloud solutions be deployed in local data centers?

Yes; SAP plans sovereign deployments across local data centers and a sovereign AI data center approach.

How does the SAP–Capgemini cooperation affect regulated and public sector organizations?

SAP and Capgemini will launch a Sovereign Technology Partnership to provide data management, cloud infrastructure, automation, and agentic AI for regulated and public sectors.