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21/11/2025
EuProGigant: Sovereign data spaces for more resilient production
EuProGigant shows how companies can share data confidently and thus strengthen their value creation. The Austrian-German project demonstrates for the first time on a large scale how Gaia-X principles can be applied practically in industry - and what benefits this brings for mechanical engineering and manufacturing.
Core of the project: a cross-location, digitally networked production ecosystem
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How can production be networked in such a way that companies can react flexibly to disruptions, share expertise and make their processes more stable? And what can a digital ecosystem look like that guarantees both openness and data sovereignty? EuProGigant provides concrete answers to these questions.
A look into the ecosystem
The core of the project is a data ecosystem that integrates seamlessly into existing IT and production landscapes - from IoT and MES systems to the field level. Several demonstrators show how decentralised data rooms can be used in practice, for example for the analysis of production data, the exchange of quality information or the optimisation of complex manufacturing processes. Edge components play a key role here: they enable fast response times and ensure secure exchange with the higher-level data ecosystem.
More than just demonstrators
The findings gathered in the project were continuously fed into the Gaia-X community and further developed there. This resulted in approaches that are already being used in other initiatives - including Pontus-X. EuProGigant has also trialled new technical concepts, such as a resilience model for networked production, the integration of the Asset Administration Shell and methods of federated learning.
The approach opens up great opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises in particular: data packages and software services from the value chain can be easily utilised, expert knowledge can be shared in a targeted manner and barriers to cooperation are significantly reduced. EuProGigant thus shows ways in which European industry can become more efficient, more resilient and more sustainable.
The work will continue after the end of the project. Several partners are planning to transfer results from the demonstrators directly into their products and solutions. At the same time, the network partners are working on stabilising the created ecosystem in the long term and preparing for future commercial operation. The first transfer projects are already underway - including the one-year research project LeOniDaS, which is further developing key elements of EuProGigant.
