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Education and Research

Focus on the needs of future Swiss generations

Education and Research rely on open standards and open-source licenses granting freedom to promote sharing and collaboration. To be at the forefront of Technology innovation, Drug Discovery, Genomics, Personalized Medicine, and cross-initiative disciplines such as AI and Data Sciences, scientists, students, and professors require secure, compliant, and scalable Cloud services. We recognize the existing challenges and partner with SWITCH to provide the open-source and open-standard SWITCH Cloud, delivering Cloud services to independently study the most pressing initiatives.

Challenges

Why Sovereignty Matters

Education and Research are data-intensive industries, demanding robust solutions to handle new workloads, ensure Sovereignty, and adhere to stringent Swiss regulations. Sensitive data privacy, AI and ML applications in research, and compliance with evolving rules and regulations pose significant challenges, but also opportunities.

Areas to Explore

Science and Technology Innovation

Healthcare and Life Science

Environmental and Sustainability

AI and Data Science

Use your edu-ID

We support the academic community with sovereign AI and Cloud services tailored for research and education. With their existing edu-ID, students, researchers, and faculty can easily access our platform and benefit from Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Model-as-a-Service (MaaS) and more — including training, serving, and consuming AI models on Swiss infrastructure, all at special academic rates for secure, compliant, and affordable innovation.

You want to know more about our Research and Education Offering?

Reach out to Mateja, our Head of Growth and Research & Education Lead, and discover how Switzerland’s sovereign cloud ensures security, compliance, and full control over your data. With guaranteed data residency, strict compliance with Swiss and European regulations, and infrastructure designed for sensitive workloads, we ensure that students, faculty, and institutions maintain full control over their research and educational data while accessing secure, scalable, and future-ready AI and Cloud services.

The Swiss Sovereign Cloud for Education and Research

Built on enterprise-grade hardware and operated exclusively in Switzerland, Phoenix delivers the most modern and cost-effective cloud — combining uncompromising security, seamless scalability, and transparent pricing to ensure full digital sovereignty for businesses and institutions.

What we offer

Open Standards and Open-Source

Education and Research rely on sharing and collaborating on the latest datasets, software, and algorithms. Open-source licensing enables these collaborations by granting the rights to use, examine, modify, and distribute software.

Hybrid Solutions

Ensure a smooth migration to the cloud with our hybrid solutions. Extend your legacy infrastructures with our Hosted Private Cloud to increase your agility and keep your business operating costs under control.

Artificial Intelligence

AI and ML are revolutionizing cloud computing. By harnessing the vast computational power and scalability of the cloud, AI and ML models can process massive datasets, enabling valuable insights and predictions. We offer scalable, high-performance GPU clusters based on Nvidia and IBM technologies, enabling researchers to process and analyze data efficiently, accelerating discoveries in Education and Research.

Compliance

Our services are designed to facilitate compliance with ISO 27001, ISAE 3402 Type 2, and FINMA circular 2018/3, reducing the burden on educational organizations.

Switch needed a scalable, reliable, and high-performance storage and search solutions designed to manage and index structured and unstructured data, ensuring comprehensive and efficient access across multiple databases.