European banks need the efficiency AI can bring, and they also need certainty over where sensitive financial data is processed and which jurisdiction governs it. For agentic AI, this means keeping data and AI processing within a sovereign European infrastructure.

That is why Vilja is entering a strategic partnership with evroc. evroc is a European-owned and European-built cloud and AI infrastructure provider. It is designed to keep data, workloads and AI processing under European control.

Combining Vilja’s core banking platform with evroc’s sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure, the partnership gives financial institutions a secure foundation for AI-driven efficiency and automation without compromising data sovereignty or regulatory control.

“European banks shouldn’t have to choose between modern AI and control over their own data. That choice is what we built evroc to remove. This partnership illustrates how European banking can stay both competitive and in control of itself,” said Mattias Åström, founder and CEO of evroc

“The real value of AI comes when it is connected to the core banking platform and the data behind it. Together with evroc, we can make agentic AI an integrated part of everyday banking operations, while giving European banks control over where their data and AI workloads reside. We are very pleased to partner with evroc, one of Europe’s leading innovators in sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure, to bring this capability to the market,” said Fredrik Ulvenholm, CEO at Vilja.

About evroc:
evroc, The European Cloud, is committed to strengthening Europe’s digital and AI capability, independence and security. Launched in 2022, evroc is delivering Europe’s truly sovereign cloud platform for the AI era, combining modern cloud performance with operational resilience, data residency in Europe, and complete platform and software control. The platform supports scalable deployment of AI workloads and is designed for mission-critical environments and organisations that require the highest standards of security and compliance, including public authorities, defence organisations and operators of essential services.

Headquartered in Stockholm, evroc operates active cloud regions with redundant data centres and AI infrastructure in Stockholm, Paris and Frankfurt, supported by development teams across Sweden, France and the United Kingdom. evroc is backed by leading European investors EQT Ventures, Norrsken VC, Giant Ventures and blisce.