Major Tech Firms Join Nillion’s Enterprise Cluster for Privacy-Focused Applications

Several technology companies have joined Nillion’s newly launched Enterprise Cluster, an initiative aimed at extending decentralized applications beyond cryptocurrencies into privacy-focused use cases such as healthcare, financial management, and enterprise data sharing.

As part of the partnership, Deutsche Telekom, Alibaba Cloud, STC Bahrain, and Pairpoint by Vodafone are operating infrastructure nodes on Nillion’s decentralized compute platform, the company announced. The Enterprise Cluster enables organizations to run privacy-critical applications on decentralized infrastructure, helping to minimize the trade-offs between the risks of centralized systems and the limitations of blockchain-based privacy.

“For the first time, organizations can compute on encrypted data across decentralized clusters, without sacrificing privacy,” Nillion’s co-founder and chief scientist, Miguel de Vega, said. “It’s proof that privacy-first computation is now enterprise-ready infrastructure.”

Nillion is a decentralized network focused on secure data storage and computation. Its core technology, Blind Computation, enables encrypted data to be processed without decryption. This technology aims to address what Nillion describes as a “longstanding dilemma” — the inherent privacy limitations of blockchain systems.

These limitations have faced heightened scrutiny in 2025, as global crypto regulations increasingly target privacy tools, including mixers, zero-knowledge proofs, stealth addresses, and self-custodied wallets. Despite the public debate, several privacy-focused projects continue to gain traction, particularly in the areas of zero-knowledge proofs and decentralized identity.

Traditionally, protecting sensitive data on the blockchain has relied on keeping it entirely offchain or encrypting it onchain. However, onchain encryption does not “provide durable privacy” in light of the rapid advances in quantum computing. Nillion’s technology offers a solution by enabling encrypted data to be processed without decryption, thereby enhancing privacy and security.

Nillion raised $25 million in October, bringing its total funding to $50 million. Before the fundraise, Nillion’s technology was integrated with the Aptos network to support privacy-focused applications. This partnership with major technology companies further validates Nillion’s approach to privacy-first computation and its potential to revolutionize data management in various industries.