Report Warns EU Cloud Sovereignty Push May Favor National Providers
An ECIPE study argues that sovereignty requirements in EU cloud procurement are steering contracts to domestic firms rather than building a pan-European market.
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Europe's push for cloud sovereignty may be entrenching national preferences in public procurement rather than fostering a continent-wide market for cloud services, according to a study by the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE).
The report, which examines the EU's proposed Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA), looked at public cloud contracts across nine EU member states. According to coverage by The Register, in every case where the procurement process invoked sovereignty-related language, the contract was awarded to a provider based in the same country rather than one from elsewhere in the EU.
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