For Airbus, the cloud is no longer just an IT decision. It has become a question of control. Europe’s largest aerospace group is weighing a move away from two of its most important technology suppliers—Google and Microsoft—as it looks for a cloud environment governed entirely by European rules. According to reporting by The Register, Airbus […]
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For years, sovereign cloud discussions focused on geography. Data had to stay inside a country. Infrastructure had to sit within defined borders. Control was assumed to follow location. That model is starting to break down. AI workloads, distributed applications, and stricter oversight rules are pushing organisations to rethink what sovereignty actually means in practice. Data […]
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Independent analyst and consultancy firm Omdia has released its market radar paper, exploring the sovereign cloud market and how cloud service providers (CSPs) responded to the trend. The 2025 IT Enterprise Insights study analysed the top five Western public cloud providers – AWS, Azure, Google, IBM, and Oracle – and discovered they make up 86% […]
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Eight European IT organisations, comprising Arsys, BIT, Gdańsk University of Technology, Infobip, IONOS, Kontron, MONDRAGON Corporation, and Oktawave, have launched virt8ra, a multi-provider edge cloud designed for Europe. Led by OpenNebula Systems, a Spanish open-source company, the initiative intends to create a flexible infrastructure that connects many cloud providers. The initial rollout covers six EU […]
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AWS has revealed its first ‘sovereign cloud’ region, which will be based in Brandenburg, Germany, is due to be operational by the end of 2025. It is hoped the development will strengthen data residency across Europe, with the cloud provider investing more than €7.8bn (£6.7bn) through 2040. Timed perfectly with the AWS Summit Berlin, which is… Read more »
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VMware has unveiled innovations and technology partnerships that it says help accelerate sovereign digital innovation and enhance security for customers around the world. Today, more than 50 VMware Sovereign Cloud providers in 33 countries are part of a powerful, interconnected, and diverse ecosystem that supports customers’ sovereign cloud requirements. Together, VMware and VMware Sovereign Cloud… Read more »
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