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3 articles covering "data sovereignty"

AnalysisApr 18

European Commission Awards €180 Million Sovereign Cloud Tender to Four European Provider Groups as Brussels Codifies Digital Sovereignty Into Procurement Rules

Brussels awarded a six-year framework contract for sovereign cloud services to Post Telecom, STACKIT, Scaleway, and Proximus, using a new eight-criteria sovereignty framework that allows Google Cloud to participate only through the Proximus-led consortium.

6 min read3 sources

AnalysisFeb 28

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AWS European Sovereign Cloud Goes Live, but CLOUD Act Shadow Looms Over €7.8 Billion Promise

Amazon launched its AWS European Sovereign Cloud in Brandenburg, Germany in January 2026 with €7.8 billion in investment and ~90 services, but legal experts warn the U.S. CLOUD Act may undermine its core sovereignty guarantees.

6 min read4 sources

NewsFeb 18

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Deutsche Telekom Opens Europe's Largest Sovereign AI Factory in Munich, Deploying 10,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs Under German Law

Germany's first industrial AI cloud delivers 0.5 ExaFLOPS from a converted bank building cooled by the Eisbach river, marking Europe's boldest bid for AI independence from US hyperscalers.

5 min read4 sources