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‘Our message is simple: Build European, buy European, protect European’: European cloud providers join lawmakers and NGOs to end reliance on US hyperscalers
- EU cloud providers and NGOs sign a letter backing Europe’s push to end reliance on US hyperscalers.
- Signatories include OVHcloud, Nextcloud, Mastodon, Proton, Ecosia, and QuantWare.
- The effort aims to foster Europe-based services to strengthen sovereignty and data governance.
- The EU is weighing new rules on US hyperscalers handling sensitive government data.
- The letter’s signatories advocate local, Europe-based alternatives to dominate cloud services.
- The push follows Gartner forecasts of rising Europe IaaS spend.
- The initiative includes six civil groups signing the letter alongside lawmakers.
- EU officials see sovereignty as a path to secure data and comply with rules.
- The EU may create new rules to help smaller EU providers compete with US giants.
- The initiative highlights how Europe wants to protect its digital economy with local providers.
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