BlackLine Expands into Europe’s Trusted Cloud Market with S3NS
Key Highlights
- ➤BlackLine partners with S3NS to offer trusted-cloud services in France
- ➤Thales becomes first customer deploying BlackLine’s platform on PREMI3NS
- ➤Thales’ digital services division will build and operate the local deployment
- ➤Offering targets regulated organizations requiring stringent data residency and sovereignty controls
- ➤BlackLine expands its European cloud footprint and secure infrastructure options
Expert Statements
Philippe Omer Decugis, Senior Vice President and General Manager for EMEA at BlackLine
“Finance cannot compromise on trust. As AI takes on more consequential work, organizations need confidence not only in the accuracy, transparency, and governance of the technology, but also in where their most sensitive financial data resides and how it is controlled.”
Philippe Omer Decugis, Senior Vice President and General Manager for EMEA at BlackLine
“Consequently, data control and regulatory compliance are becoming an increasingly important part of the AI conversation. With this investment, we are giving organizations a path to put trusted AI to work in financial operations while meeting the stringent sovereignty requirements businesses demand.”
Cyprien Falque, CEO of S3NS
“Our mission at S3NS is to enable organizations to modernize with leading cloud technologies while meeting the highest requirements for data control and regulatory compliance.”
Cyprien Falque, CEO of S3NS
“By providing the Trusted cloud foundation for BlackLine, we are creating an environment where organizations can adopt advanced financial technology while maintaining the control and protections their most sensitive workloads require.”
Stéphanie Pétris, VP Group Finance Transformation at Thales
“Data sovereignty isn’t optional for an organization like Thales, it’s foundational. Being the first to implement BlackLine’s trusted cloud offering reflects our commitment to bringing advanced AI-driven finance capabilities into our operations without compromising on the security and control our business demands.”
* BlackLine partners with S3NS to expand its services on a trusted cloud in France, addressing stringent data residency and regulatory requirements. * Thales becomes the first customer to deploy BlackLine’s platform on S3NS’s PREMI3NS trusted cloud. * The partnership expands BlackLine’s secure infrastructure options, enabling regulated organizations to adopt AI-powered financial operations with greater data control. PARIS and LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BlackLine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BL), the Agentic Financial Operations Platform™ for the Office of the CFO, and S3NS, a joint venture controlled by Thales in partnership with Google Cloud, today jointly announced their partnership in France for a new offering hosted on a trusted cloud infrastructure, further expanding BlackLine’s European cloud footprint. This strategic alliance enables organizations with stringent data residency and sovereignty requirements to modernize financial operations while maintaining greater control over where and how their data is managed.
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