What is Gaia-X

The ecosystem consists of three architectural layers that are interconnected: The data ecosystem, the infrastructure ecosystem, and the federation services.

The data ecosystem fosters networked spaces based on agreed rules. Data and service offerings can be shared transparently and across industry sectors. This promotes the creation of new intelligent services, which include e.g. artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things or Big Data applications.

In the infrastructure ecosystem, the offerings from different providers are interoperable and interconnected. Providers can collaborate with each other to link their offerings, develop them further and expand them. This is how new user-friendly services are created.

The Gaia-X Federation Services are cornerstones for enabling and implementing the envisaged federated ecosystem of GAIA-X. In this sense, the federation services within the GAIA-X ecosystem will also be created as open source.

They follow the principles of Security by Design and Privacy by Design. We therefore guarantee the highest security requirements and the protection of privacy. User groups can also organise themselves as part of GAIA-X, provided they comply with the appropriate rules. We are in constant dialogue with users to check user-friendliness.

Furthermore, common rules (Policies and Rules) and guidelines for the consistent use of standards (Architecture of Standards) form the basis of the system. Companies that do not adhere to the common rules of the project cannot become part of the ecosystem.

With this ecosystem, Gaia-X drives value, business cases and innovation towards different target groups, including consumers, providers and facilitators such as industry, the public sector or academia.