Perspectives on European cloud sovereignty, migration strategy, and the evolving regulatory landscape.
2026-05-28 · 4 min read
The Tech Sovereignty Package landed on 27 May, and the gaps in it were visible within 48 hours. A Dutch acquisition block, the US cyber agency's own GovCloud keys left on GitHub for six months, an unaddressed silicon question, and an Indian consultancy claiming the sovereign label.
Read the full article2026-05-26 · 9 min read
The standard board-level assumption about leaving AWS, Azure, or GCP is that European clouds are bare-metal plus maybe Postgres. That assumption is two or three years out of date. Across 23 service categories, parity is closer than the procurement conversation assumes.
Read the full article2026-05-21 · 3 min read
The highlight this week is 27 May, when the Commission's twice-delayed Tech Sovereignty Package lands. Around it: leaked detail on US-cloud restrictions, CISPE pushback on CADA, DORA entering its validation phase, and Schleswig-Holstein at 80 percent off Microsoft.
Read the full article2026-05-18 · 8 min read
Most companies considering a move to European cloud frame it as a sovereignty decision. The cost side of the equation deserves a closer look - list prices put EU providers two to ten times below the hyperscalers on compute, storage, databases and egress.
Read the full article2026-05-14 · 10 min read
Most European organisations default to US hyperscalers because it's the path of least resistance. Digital sovereignty has stopped being a Brussels buzzword. An overview of five EU cloud providers - OVHcloud, Scaleway, Hetzner, STACKIT, UpCloud - and what each one is good for and where each one fits.
Read the full article2026-02-17 · 12 min read
The shift from US hyperscalers isn't just political rhetoric. It's happening in ministries, boardrooms, and server rooms across Europe, driven by law - not sentiment. NIS2, DORA, and the EU Data Act are all in force now. Boards are being asked questions they used to ignore.
Read the full article2026-02-16 · 10 min read
Amazon's €7.8 billion European Sovereign Cloud launched in January 2026. It's technically impressive, operationally isolated, and still owned by a US corporation subject to US law. The CLOUD Act follows the parent, not the data centre - which is the part the marketing skips over.
Read the full article2026-02-15 · 11 min read
Bill Gates was asked on Swedish television whether the US could cut off Europe's access to Microsoft. His answer should concern every European organisation running on Microsoft 365 - the dependency he was describing is documented, measurable, and deeper than most leaders acknowledge.
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