Scality and Inria partner to develop intelligent, sovereign, and eco-responsible data storage, powered by AI, for France 2030

Scality SA, a player in cyber-resilient storage software for the AI era, and Inria, the French national research institute for digital science and technology, announce their active participation in the Cyberté project, developing data storage solutions that are secure, reliable, sovereign, and sustainable, by integrating artificial intelligence into the core of software infrastructures.The Cyberté project was selected by the France 2030 investment program as part of the i-Démo call for projects.

“Cyberté is at the heart of our mission: to build a safer, more sovereign, and more sustainable digital future. By combining our industrial expertise with the excellence of French research embodied by Inria – and with the decisive support of France 2030 – we are helping to develop a strategic solution to protect the most critical data while managing its environmental footprint,” said Jérôme Lecat, CEO and co-founder, Scality.

“Strengthening our digital industrial ecosystem is at the heart of Inria’s missions. Our partnership with Scality, a leader in its field, is strategic in this regard. It is within this framework that our joint project, Cyberté, has been submitted for support from France 2030. Funding through the i-Demo programme will enable us to accelerate the development of strategic data storage solutions for France and Europe that are reliable, robust and environmentally responsible,” added Bruno Sportisse, CEO, Inria.

AI for safer, more reliable, and more efficient storage
The Cyberté project aims to transform the management, security, and energy efficiency of storage infrastructures by using artificial intelligence. The research conducted by Inria’s project teams will allow Scality to integrate the following into its solutions:

• AI predictive models to anticipate hardware and software failures
• Real-time anomaly detection algorithms to quickly identify early signs of attacks such as ransomware or data exfiltration, even in encrypted traffic
• Frugal AI approaches and methodologies to reduce the energy footprint by using software-defined power meters (PowerAPI initiative)

A public–private collaboration for digital sovereignty
This collaboration gives Scality direct access to the latest developments in French public research into artificial intelligence, and allows Inria to apply its research to real-world industrial issues.

By leveraging Scality’s industrial capacities and Inria’s scientific excellence, the two partners will be able to overcome major technological barriers in large-scale storage, in keeping with France 2030’s goal of supporting strategic technologies developed in France to address the challenges of cyber resilience and sustainability.

Concrete technological advances for sustainable global applications
The Cyberté project demonstrates the direct impact of public research on industrial innovation. The teams at Inria and Scality are working to sustainably transform data storage by providing concrete solutions and major technological advances, including:

• The development of cutting-edge AI algorithms and models, validated on real-world data
• The creation of functional prototypes integrated into Scality’s RING and ARTESCA solutions
• The design of frugal methods and algorithms to reduce energy consumption
• Joint scientific publications to share acquired expertise and contribute to the broader ecosystems around storage and AI