What is BDTI?

The Big Data Test Infrastructure (BDTI) was a ready-to-use and free of charge (for a period of six months) analytics cloud stack offered by the European Commission as part of the Digital Europe Programme, to all local, regional and national European public administrations. The BDTI allowed its users to experiment with open-source technologies and foster the re-use of all public sector data and information. Overall, BDTI's goal is to contribute to the development of a data-informed public sector.

Why BDTI?

Since January 2023, the European Commission has published a list of high-value datasets that public sector bodies will have to make available for re-use, free of charge, within 16 months. From geospatial data, passing by meteorological and mobility data, the BDTI was a data playground to experiment with high-value datasets using data analytics tools without wasting time on installation and configurations. Public administrations could benefit from a high-performance infrastructure and have access to advisory and technical support for six months.

BDTI Pilots

• Accidents Time Series Analysis (2008-2024): Arezzo Municipality, Italy
• COVID-19 Documentation Management: City of Valencia, Spain
• Digitalising EU Public Procurement: An Italy, Portugal and Norway Collaboration
• Enabling Public Transport Efficiency: City of Turku, Finland
• European Blood Alliance Convalescent Plasma Database Pilot
• MitosLOD: Publishing the Greek National Registry of Administrative Public Services as Linked Open Data
• Mobility and Urban Environment Information for Decision Making: City of Napoli, Italy
• Understand COVID-19 impact on mobility: City of Florence, Italy
• Urban Data Platform Test, Predicting Tree Health: City of Bochum, Germany

Learn more about BDTI:

• Big Data Test Infrastructure (BDTI) (europa.eu)