From the HN Web Site: The project aims to pave the way for the development and exploitation of a Cloud Computing Infrastructure, initially based on the needs of European IT-intense scientific research organisations, while also allowing the inclusion of other stakeholders’ needs (governments, businesses and citizens).

The Cloud Computing Infrastructure will ultimately provide physical and organisational structures and assets needed for the IT-related operation of research institutions, enterprises, governments and society. This pan-European partnership across academia and industry is working to establish a sustainable European cloud computing infrastructure, supported by industrial partners, which will provide stable computing capacities and services that elastically meet demand.