Amid growing global opposition to the US, European companies and governments are reevaluating their dependencies on American cloud services like Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and AWS. Concerns about privacy, data access, and potential weaponization of technology against European interests have prompted calls for technological independence. Recent motions in the Netherlands House of Representatives and an open letter signed by over 100 organizations reflect this shift, signaling a potential increase in business for European cloud providers like Exoscale and Elastx as customers seek alternatives.
There's a huge appetite in Europe to de-risk or decouple the over-dependence on US tech companies, because there is a concern that they could be weaponized against European interests.
On March 18, politicians in the Netherlands House of Representatives passed eight motions asking the government to reduce reliance on US tech companies and move to European alternatives.
More than 100 organizations signed an open letter to European officials calling for the continent to become "more technologically independent" and saying the status quo creates "security and reliability risks."
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