ABOUT 3C4AI

The 3C4AI project will deliver an integrated, standards-driven platform to enable trustworthy, efficient deployment and operation of distributed AI services across the cloud–edge–HPC continuum. Its objectives are to (1) provide a unified orchestration layer for multi-domain AI workload lifecycle management, (2) enable federated multi-operator service orchestration via standard East–West APIs, (3) deploy cognitive automation engines for real-time multi-objective optimisation, (4) implement a distributed data orchestration framework with a federated data catalog and policy-compliant sharing, (5) offer GenAI-based intent management to translate business intents into executable service plans, (6) expose a software-defined hardware abstraction layer for hardware-aware placement, (7) establish decentralized trust and governance using a secure integration fabric and smart contracts, and (8) supply validated AI service blueprints and performance models for rapid, predictable uptake.

These objectives will be achieved by combining modular open interfaces, model-driven automation, federated data governance, hardware-aware runtimes, and cross-domain pilots with industrial and public-sector operators to validate scalability, SLA, energy and trust metrics. A rigorous evaluation and benchmarking program will quantify impact on interoperability, operational cost, latency and compliance.

3C4AI directly responds to the HORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DATA-02 call by advancing interoperable, secure and trustworthy data and service orchestration mechanisms that enable cross-operator AI services and sovereign data flows in line with the work programme goals.