The European Commission awarded four cloud contracts (€180M over six years) to strengthen EU digital sovereignty, but one winning consortium uses S3NS—a joint venture between Thales and Google Cloud—undermining sovereignty goals. The Commission evaluated providers using its Cloud Sovereignty Framework, though industry trade group CISPE criticized the framework for vague criteria that favor American incumbents.
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One of Europe's sovereign cloud picks may not be so-sovereign after all
EU's €180M sovereign cloud initiative awarded contracts to a consortium backed by Google Cloud's S3NS infrastructure, undermining digital independence goals amid criticism that the selection framework favors American incumbents.
Monday, April 20, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: The RegisterBY sys://pipeline
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