Our message is simple: Build European, buy European, protect European: European cloud providers join lawmakers and NGOs to end reliance on US hyperscalers

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Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:25:41 +0000

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The European Commission is pushing for less reliance on US hyperscalers, and European cloud companies, NGOs, and lawmakers are backing the move.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Numerous EU businesses have backed the EC push for EU sovereignty OVHcloud, Nextcloud, Mastodon, Proton, Ecosia and more sign letter The cloud market is currently dominated by AWS, Microsoft, and Google Thirteen European cloud providers have signed a letter backing the European Commissions push to end European reliance on US companies, who have dominated the market for the past two decades.

The cloud providers, alongside NGOs and lawmakers, want to see local alternatives fostered and adopted by Europe-based businesses as the sovereignty movement grows. European businesses are concerned about how US-based providers handle data and comply with European Union (EU) regulations. Latest Videos From You may like Dozens of European cloud CEOs call for real tech sovereignty ahead of Cloud and AI Development Act EU to back European alternatives to US dominated software and services in major
push for tech sovereignty The EU wants to crack down even further on using US cloud platforms for sensitive government data Businesses call for EU sovereignty In predictions made by Gartner earlier this year, European cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) spend will surpass China and North America's , with spending set to triple from $6.7 billion in 2025 to over $23.1 billion in 2027.

"Our message is simple: Build European, buy European, protect European," said European Parliament lawmaker Alexandra Geese.

The call for EU cloud sovereignty has come from businesses across Europe,
with numerous signatories signing the joint letter. Among the signatories are French cloud vendor OVHcloud, Germany's Nextcloud, social networks Mastodon and Monnett Social, Swiss privacy software company Proton, browser company Ecosia and Dutch quantum chip maker QuantWare.

Six civil groups including Defend Democracy and Save Social also signed the letter, alongside numerous European Parliament lawmakers. Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get
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Technological sovereignty means that Europe has the capacity to freely
design, understand, choose from different home-grown sources, build, operate and effectively regulate the digital systems on which its society and economy rely, the groups the joint open letter, seen by Reuters .

The European Commission announced in May that it would consider new rules on how US hyperscalers can process sensitive data from European governments , offering a chance for the comparatively smaller EU-based cloud providers to edge into the market and end US dominance. Follow TechRadar on Google News
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