---
sheet_format: 1.0
id: 2026-06-vivatech-interview
title: "Clever Cloud, catalyseur de la souveraineté numérique"
title_en: "Clever Cloud, a catalyst for digital sovereignty"
speaker: Erwan Rougeux
with: [MyGlobalVillage interviewer (unnamed)]
date: 2026-06-17
event: "VivaTech 2026, MyGlobalVillage"
place: "VivaTech 2026, Paris"
format: interview
language: en
duration: "1:45"
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFaNR4x6uDU
slides: null
topics: [clever cloud, cloud computing, data sovereignty, international expansion, partnerships]
source: "Summary written by Claude (AI) from the YouTube captions supplied by the speaker, with speaker turns taken from the caption markers. Not a verbatim transcript; check the recording before quoting."
review: spot-checked
review_date: 2026-10-18
---

# Clever Cloud, catalyseur de la souveraineté numérique

**In one sentence:** A 1:45 interview on day one of VivaTech 2026, where Erwan describes Clever Cloud as the software layer between data centres and the companies that consume cloud, and says it is looking for international partners to build data sovereignty in their countries.

## TL;DR
On the first day of VivaTech 2026, an interviewer for MyGlobalVillage asks Erwan Rougeux to introduce Clever Cloud. He calls it "the software of the cloud": data centres sell space, power, network and cooling, companies need to consume services, and Clever Cloud is the catalyst in between that lets them use cloud computing. Asked whether Clever Cloud is at VivaTech to find clients, partners or money, he answers with its international strategy: finding partners who want to invest, co-build and develop the next layer of data sovereignty in their own country. He ends by pointing to clever.cloud.

## Erwan's key points
- He describes Clever Cloud as a software layer for the cloud, not a data-centre operator ([00:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFaNR4x6uDU&t=13s)).
- He splits the market in two: data centres, which rent space and provide electricity, network stability and cooling, and companies, which want to consume services. The two do not sell the same thing, and Clever Cloud is the catalyst that lets them work together and exploit cloud computing ([00:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFaNR4x6uDU&t=13s)).
- He says Clever Cloud is currently focused on developing internationally in a strategic way ([01:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFaNR4x6uDU&t=70s)).
- He says it is looking for partners who want to invest with it, co-build with it and develop "the next layer of data sovereignty" in their country ([01:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFaNR4x6uDU&t=70s)).

## Outline
- [00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFaNR4x6uDU&t=0s) The interviewer opens on VivaTech day one and asks Erwan to introduce Clever Cloud.
- [00:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFaNR4x6uDU&t=13s) Erwan: Clever Cloud as the software layer between data centres and the companies that consume cloud.
- [00:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFaNR4x6uDU&t=55s) The interviewer asks about objectives at VivaTech: clients, partners in other countries, fundraising.
- [01:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFaNR4x6uDU&t=70s) Erwan: international strategy and partners to co-build data sovereignty.
- [01:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFaNR4x6uDU&t=87s) Wrap-up; Erwan gives the website, clever.cloud, at [01:37](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFaNR4x6uDU&t=97s).

## Notable quotes
> "And we are the catalyzer at the middle permit these both companies to discuss and be able to use and exploit cloud computing." — Erwan Rougeux, [00:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFaNR4x6uDU&t=13s)

> "find good partners who want to invest with us, co-construct with us, and develop the next layer of data sovereignty in their country." — Erwan Rougeux, [01:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFaNR4x6uDU&t=70s)

## Questions this answers
**Q: What is Clever Cloud, according to Erwan Rougeux?**
A: "The software of the cloud": a layer between data centres, which sell space, power, network and cooling, and the companies that consume cloud services. See [00:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFaNR4x6uDU&t=13s).

**Q: Does Clever Cloud run its own data centres?**
A: The interview does not say so. Erwan places Clever Cloud between the data centres and their customers, as the catalyst that lets them use cloud computing. See [00:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFaNR4x6uDU&t=13s).

**Q: What was Clever Cloud looking for at VivaTech 2026?**
A: Partners abroad who want to invest, co-build and develop data sovereignty in their country, as part of its international strategy. Erwan did not speak about fundraising or clients, which the interviewer had also asked about. See [01:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFaNR4x6uDU&t=70s).

**Q: Where can I find out more about Clever Cloud?**
A: Erwan points to the website, clever.cloud. See [01:37](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFaNR4x6uDU&t=97s).

## Mentioned
Clever Cloud, VivaTech, MyGlobalVillage, clever.cloud