By Ursula Lundgreen og Johanne Lyhne Hansen, 10/30/2025
On 27 October, Minister for Digital Affairs Caroline Stage Olsen visited the University of Southern Denmark (SDU). During her visit, she was introduced to UCloud.
The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (IMADA) and the SDU eScience Center at the Faculty of Science had the pleasure of welcoming Minister Caroline Stage Olsen to SDU. The visit aimed to highlight how Danish research can contribute to strengthening Denmark’s digital independence and sovereignty.
During her visit, the minister was introduced to UCloud, an open-source cloud platform developed and operated at SDU over the past eight years.
“SDU has a strong focus on digital sovereignty and on developing cloud solutions that are created in Denmark – and that can be controlled by Denmark. This is something we increasingly discuss: how we can become more independent and how we can strengthen our control over digital infrastructure. That is part of what I am learning about today,” said Caroline Stage Olsen, Minister for Digital Affairs, during her visit.
UCloud serves as Denmark’s national platform for interactive high-performance computing (HPC) and is Europe’s most widely used research supercomputing platform. With more than 18,000 users across universities, public authorities, and private companies, it stands as a tangible example of how Danish-built solutions can promote digital independence.
“True digital sovereignty requires public infrastructure that can be inspected, controlled, and improved. UCloud makes sovereignty more than just a slogan – it makes it a living, open-source common good. Europe’s largest research cloud was built in Denmark. Investing in open infrastructures like UCloud is how we can safeguard our digital future,” said Professor Claudio Pica, Head of the SDU eScience Center.
Read the full article about the visit here.
Photo: Morten Mossin
