Digital Public Infrastructure - Government Clouds based on Open Source
summary
Demonstrates a working GovStack Cloud Infrastructure Building Block implemented with Sovereign Cloud Stack, using OpenStack + Cluster API as the base; government clouds are deployed and locally operated in Eswatini, Kenya, Guinea, Ukraine and supported by UNICC, with training material and automation published as open source. Claims: avoids vendor lock‑in, enables on‑premise sovereignty, and lets countries choose existing stacks (some keep VMware, Kazakhstan uses OpenStack without SCS). Shows deployed platforms, local capacity building, and live projects that are actively running.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and speaker intro
- 1:35Digital sovereignty importance globally
- 3:03GFST project overview and goals
- 5:12Sovereign Cloud Stack foundation
- 8:01Global projects and capacity building
- 10:56Open source impact on developing nations
- 13:02Kazakhstan’s digital transformation
- 14:10Open source necessity for sovereignty
- 14:51Q&A on GFST usage concerns
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