european cloud

Europe’s scramble for “digital sovereignty” has moved from regulatory rhetoric to procurement reality: large firms and public bodies are actively reclassifying which workloads must stay under EU legal and operational control, and that reclassification is reshaping cloud strategy across the...

Airbus has quietly opened a door that could force Europe’s cloud market to stop being a niche political argument and start acting like industrial infrastructure: the company plans to tender a multi‑year contract next January to migrate mission‑critical workloads — including ERP, manufacturing...

Europe’s cloud sovereignty debate just moved from policy whitepapers and proof-of-concepts to legally framed, operational contingency planning designed to keep critical services running even if geopolitical pressure tries to pull the plug. Background / Overview SAP and Microsoft have announced a...

The International Criminal Court has quietly begun replacing Microsoft Office with openDesk, a European open‑source office and collaboration stack, in a move that crystallises a broader political and technical push across Europe to reduce dependence on U.S. cloud and productivity vendors. The...

Microsoft’s latest set of quarterly financial results sent an unambiguous signal to the industry: its cloud and AI engines remain firmly in the growth lane. In the three months ending in June, Microsoft’s overall revenues leapt by 18%, reaching $76.4 billion compared to the same period a year...

Austria’s digital landscape takes a monumental step forward as Microsoft inaugurates its first datacenter region in the country, establishing Vienna as a pivotal hub for secure cloud and AI innovation. Marking a significant leap for the nation’s digital sovereignty and economic resilience, the...

On June 10, 2025, Microsoft France's legal director, Anton Carniaux, testified before the French Senate inquiry commission on public procurement and digital sovereignty. When asked if he could guarantee that French citizens' data stored in Microsoft's EU data centers would not be accessed by...

The recent agreement between the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) and Microsoft has triggered a significant debate within the European cloud ecosystem, raising fundamental questions about fairness, competition, and the route to a genuinely open cloud market. At the heart...

Microsoft's recent agreement with the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) marks a pivotal moment in the European cloud computing landscape. This settlement, reached after prolonged negotiations, aims to address longstanding concerns over Microsoft's cloud licensing...

European cloud computing has long battled for regulatory fairness in the face of US tech giants' commercial dominance, but a groundbreaking agreement between Microsoft and the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) may signal a new chapter for regional sovereignty and customer...

European cloud providers have long operated under the looming shadow of American tech giants, their ambitions often hamstrung by restrictive licensing, technical tying, and complex negotiations. In one of the most significant developments for the continent’s digital sovereignty in recent years...

Microsoft’s recent admission before the French Senate that it cannot guarantee protection of French citizen data from US government access, even when stored in EU datacenters, has sent ripples through Europe’s digital sovereignty and cloud computing debates. This revelation—a public...

Europe’s cloud landscape has long been a battleground for digital sovereignty, fair competition, and innovation. The latest chapter in this saga—pitting CISPE, the coalition of European cloud infrastructure providers, against Microsoft—marks a turning point that could reshape the future of cloud...

In a significant development for the European cloud computing landscape, the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) and Microsoft have announced further amendments to their licensing agreements. This move aims to enhance accessibility to Microsoft's software services for CISPE...

European cloud infrastructure providers, long frustrated by Microsoft’s complex and oft-criticized licensing rules, have scored a measured win in their drawn-out battle for more equitable cloud software terms. After more than two years of pressure from the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers...

Each year, technology investment decisions made by governments signal not only tactical priorities but also evolving digital strategies and the broader balance between operational efficiency and national sovereignty. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Luxembourg, where the State Information...

The city of Lyon, renowned as France’s third-largest metropolis and its second-largest economic powerhouse, has taken an audacious step into the realm of digital transformation by choosing to migrate away from Microsoft’s Office suite in favor of open-source alternatives. This strategic pivot is...

Microsoft's recent unveiling of "Microsoft 365 Local" marks a significant shift in its cloud strategy, introducing on-premises solutions tailored for European customers. This move appears to be a direct response to the escalating demand for digital sovereignty across Europe, where concerns over...

For years, the European technology landscape has been defined—sometimes hampered—by a dependency on American cloud giants. Now, in an era marked by shifting geopolitical winds and mounting concerns over digital sovereignty, the tides appear to be turning. French cloud provider OVHcloud has found...

Christian Klein, CEO of SAP, has emerged as a prominent advocate for Europe's strategic approach to cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI). At a recent investor conference, Klein addressed the growing discourse on data sovereignty and the proposition of Europe developing its own...