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## Founded by <span class="blue">**Internet 1.0 Pioneers**</span>

About a decade ago, a group of passionate Internet & Cloud veterans came together to build a system which can scale to a scalable, safe, compatible, and co-owned IT infrastructure.

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## **Our Why**

Pioneering a new digital era, ThreeFold empowers communities to reclaim digital sovereignty and promote collective prosperity online.

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#### **Empower Nations**

Most countries only rely on cable networks meaning they lack control over their own digital infrastructure.


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#### **Own Your Data**

Today, major private companies own and operate cloud worldwide, taking all the profits and control of internet.

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#### **A Basic Human Right**

Billions of people are being left behind due to the IT landscape’s centralized infrastructure.

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#### **A Greener Planet Earth**

Today’s IT infrastructure consumes far too much energy. It becomes time we do something about it.

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## **Our Mission**

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#### To Empower Human Potential

The world needs a safe infrastructure to deploy cutting edge technology, where everyone can take part. We exist to make cloud capacity available everywhere on earth, to help others to host and create a new set of digital experiences, and to enable anyone to become truly decentralized.

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## **Our Vision**

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#### A Better Digital World

We believe in an Internet where everyone can communicate freely, exchange fairly, access educational information, and own their own data. Our digital experiences should not addict nor manipulate, rather empower.


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