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EU Advances Digital Sovereignty with New Cloud Framework

11/5/2025

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The European Union advances digital sovereignty with a Cloud Sovereignty Framework establishing standardized metrics for cloud services.
The framework ranks providers on eight objectives and influences public sector procurement to reduce reliance on non-EU technology.
Austria is migrating its civil service to Nextcloud, signaling a wider shift to European-owned solutions.
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft outages highlight dependency risks and fuel calls for a resilient European digital ecosystem.

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The European Union advances digital sovereignty with a Cloud Sovereignty Framework establishing standardized metrics for cloud services.
The framework ranks providers on eight objectives and influences public sector procurement to reduce reliance on non-EU technology.
Austria is migrating its civil service to Nextcloud, signaling a wider shift to European-owned solutions.
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft outages highlight dependency risks and fuel calls for a resilient European digital ecosystem.