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As digital sovereignty becomes a central issue for sensitive organizations – CIIs, ESOs, public administrations, and healthcare institutions – Bleu is establishing itself as the next-generation trusted cloud. Backed by Capgemini and Orange, this strategic initiative offers the most advanced Microsoft services, operated from France, within a fully compliant, secure framework immune to extraterritorial laws.
Understanding Bleu: a response to geopolitical, regulatory, and technological context
The founding idea behind Bleu stems from a clear observation: in an interconnected world, the location of cloud infrastructures alone no longer guarantees data protection. Indeed, many tech companies, despite having data centers in Europe, remain subject to extraterritorial legislations such as the U.S. Cloud Act, which can impose data access, even without prior notification. This legal reality poses a direct threat to sensitive data held by public players, CIIs (Critical Infrastructure Operators), ESOs (Essential Service Operators), or organizations handling health data.
In response to these risks, European – and particularly French – institutions have strengthened their requirements in terms of cybersecurity, data localization, and digital service governance. Bleu is part of this movement, aiming to obtain the SecNumCloud 3.2 certification issued by ANSSI, a guarantee of maximum compliance, operational robustness, and legal sovereignty. This certification is based on 270 requirements, divided into three main areas: technical security, operational security, and legal security.
A sovereign company, founded by two French digital giants
Founded in 2024, Bleu is an independent French company, equally owned by Capgemini and Orange, two enterprises historically rooted in the national digital ecosystem. This governance ensures total legal independence from any non-European authority.
Bleu’s ambition is not to build a marginal or niche cloud, but rather to offer a credible and powerful alternative to American and Asian hyperscaler offerings. To this end, Bleu will provide the full suite of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 services, hosted and operated in a cloud environment undergoing SecNumCloud 3.2 qualification, with no compromise on performance, features, or service level agreements (SLAs).
A next-generation infrastructure, designed for resilience and sovereignty
Bleu’s technical foundation is based on a hyperscale infrastructure, inspired by the standards of major cloud providers but strictly located on French territory. Two cloud regions, over 300 kilometers apart, have been deployed to ensure high availability and service continuity in case of a disaster. Eventually, Bleu plans to evolve toward three availability zones, further enhancing service resilience.
Bleu’s data centers have been designed with environmental responsibility in mind, with ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 certifications. Additionally, the network connectivity between data centers is highly redundant to prevent any single point of failure.
Autonomous operations and maximum support level
Bleu’s technical operations are managed 24/7 by teams located in France. These teams follow Microsoft certification pathways, ensuring full mastery of the deployed technologies. Level 3 support, when needed, is provided by Microsoft, but only under supervision, in accordance with operational isolation requirements.
Operations are organized to function autonomously across two distinct sites, ensuring tolerance to operational failures. In addition, Bleu is setting up a Security Operations Center (SOC) capable of detecting, analyzing, and responding to threats in real-time, in coordination with the relevant French authorities.
Security, confidentiality, and reversibility: guarantees at the heart of the Bleu model
Bleu’s philosophy is based on security “by design,” integrated at every level of the architecture. Microsoft solutions deployed on Bleu benefit from top-tier cloud security while incorporating additional physical and virtual isolation mechanisms, designed and operated by Bleu’s teams.
Updates are tested in public Microsoft environments before being deployed in Bleu, where they are subject to strict control. Data encryption, both in transit and at rest, is systematic, and clients have the option to manage their own encryption keys. All public portals and APIs use certificates issued by a European certification authority.
Finally, Bleu guarantees full service and data reversibility. Clear technical procedures allow recovery of all hosted applications and content, in compliance with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
A natural gateway to Mozzaik365: a sovereign Digital Workplace
In this context, Mozzaik365 positions itself as a strategic partner of Bleu. A French publisher of intranet and Digital Workplace solutions, Mozzaik365 offers a platform fully integrated with Microsoft 365, designed for sensitive environments.
Thanks to this partnership, organizations can deploy a modern, ergonomic, and personalized employee experience, while relying on Bleu’s future trusted cloud. The Mozzaik365 intranet enables the centralization of news, business tools, documentation, and internal communication within a secure and compliant portal.
This synergy embodies a concrete promise: to offer administrations and strategic enterprises a turnkey solution combining performance, security, and compliance.
Conclusion: Bleu, a structured and ambitious European response
Bleu is not just another cloud provider on the market. It is a trusted infrastructure, backed by French players, designed for the critical needs of public and private institutions. By combining innovation, security, and protection from non-European extraterritorial laws, Bleu is fully aligned with France’s digital innovation strategy.
And with partners like Mozzaik365, this vision becomes operational, deployable, and valuable for end users.
The era of sovereign cloud is only beginning. Bleu is one of its pillars.
