PHOENIQS and German Edge Cloud Bring Industrial AI to Swiss Sovereign Cloud Infrastructure
German Edge Cloud's ONCITE Industrial AI Platform and Digital Production System are now available on the PHOENIQS Cloud at uptownBasel, combining industrial AI capabilities with Swiss sovereign infrastructure.
PHOENIQS, a Swiss provider of sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure, and German Edge Cloud (GEC) are expanding their collaboration to bring industrial AI applications to Swiss cloud infrastructure. German Edge Cloud's ONCITE Industrial AI Platform and ONCITE Digital Production System (DPS) can now be deployed on the PHOENIQS Cloud at the uptownBasel innovation campus in Arlesheim, Switzerland.
The collaboration enables industrial enterprises to process and utilize production data for AI applications within a Swiss-hosted environment. By combining GEC's industrial data and AI expertise with PHOENIQS' sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure, companies gain greater flexibility in determining where their data is stored, how AI workloads are executed, and how their digital infrastructure is governed.
Bringing Sovereignty to Industrial AI
As enterprises increasingly adopt AI and autonomous AI agents, maintaining control over data, applications, and underlying infrastructure becomes essential.
Digital sovereignty extends beyond data residency. It also encompasses infrastructure ownership and operation, access management, regulatory jurisdiction, and the execution of AI models and workloads.
Through this collaboration, German Edge Cloud and PHOENIQS offer enterprises an additional deployment option that combines advanced industrial AI capabilities with Swiss-operated cloud infrastructure.
"Europe must not only be a user of AI, but also a technological innovator. This requires powerful applications as well as control over the infrastructure on which they are developed and operated. Together with German Edge Cloud, we bring both together."
From Industrial Data to Intelligent AI Agents
Effective industrial AI starts with accessible, structured, and contextualized data.
German Edge Cloud's ONCITE Digital Production System (DPS) integrates machine, process, and quality data from industrial environments. By connecting existing Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platforms, and shopfloor systems, ONCITE DPS creates a consistent data foundation for advanced analytics and AI applications.
Building on this foundation, the ONCITE Industrial AI Platform enables enterprises to develop and deploy AI-powered applications and intelligent agents. The platform is supported by PHOENIQS AI technology, connecting industrial data with the infrastructure required to execute AI workloads.
GEC's Industrial AI Agents demonstrate the practical applications of this approach:
- PARETO: Supports root-cause analysis and shift handovers.
- DAEDALUS: Assists with digital industrial engineering and knowledge management.
- SENTINEL: Monitors quality, energy, and production indicators to identify critical deviations.
Defined roles, permissions, and governance policies determine which information individual agents can access and which actions they are authorized to perform.
The ONCITE Industrial AI Platform supports flexible deployment across edge, on-premises, and cloud environments. With PHOENIQS, enterprises can now select a Swiss sovereign cloud environment as an additional deployment option.
Powered by PHOENIQS Cloud and AI Infrastructure
The PHOENIQS Cloud provides the sovereign infrastructure foundation for deploying the ONCITE Industrial AI Platform and ONCITE DPS in Switzerland.
PHOENIQS operates cloud infrastructure across multiple Swiss locations, including the uptownBasel innovation campus in Arlesheim near Basel. The campus brings together advanced AI infrastructure, technology companies, industrial enterprises, and research organizations.
By combining sovereign cloud services with advanced AI infrastructure and platform capabilities, PHOENIQS enables organizations to develop, deploy, and operate AI applications while maintaining control over their data and infrastructure.
For industrial enterprises, the collaboration provides an opportunity to adopt AI technologies within an environment aligned with their requirements for data sovereignty, security, governance, and compliance.
Advancing Europe's Digital Independence
The collaboration reflects a shared commitment to strengthening Europe's technological independence.
By connecting German Edge Cloud's industrial AI expertise with PHOENIQS' Swiss sovereign infrastructure, the two companies are helping enterprises translate industrial data into practical AI applications while retaining greater control over their digital operations.
As AI becomes increasingly embedded in industrial processes, the combination of powerful applications, reliable data foundations, and sovereign infrastructure will play a central role in enabling secure and scalable adoption