"Interview Sovereignty remains a hot topic in the tech industry, but interpretations of what it actually means - and how much it matters - vary widely between organizations and sectors. While public bodies are often driven by regulation and national policy, the private sector tends to take a more pragmatic, cost-focused view. That tension has pushed cloud and virtualization platforms that position themselves as alternatives to US hyperscalers into sharper focus."
"One such company is OpenNebula, a cloud and virtualization management platform designed to run across a wide range of infrastructures, from on-premises environments to public clouds including Amazon Web Services and European providers like Scaleway. Founded in 2008, OpenNebula will turn 18 in 2026, but recent geopolitical shifts and regulatory pressure have pulled it squarely into debates around cloud sovereignty - particularly in Europe, where questions of control, jurisdiction, and vendor dependence have become increasingly urgent."
"They are more cost-driven, they don't consider sovereignty as a key thing... it's more about 'this is my RFP, you have to fulfill these requirements.' One of those requirements could increasingly be a sovereign solution. "But if you go into the public [sector]," he says, "it is completely different. For example, they are giving priority for defense. They are giving priority to sovereignty."
Definitions of sovereignty vary across organizations, with public bodies guided by regulation and national policy while private firms prioritize cost and procurement requirements. That divergence has increased attention on cloud and virtualization platforms positioned as alternatives to US hyperscalers. OpenNebula, founded in 2008, operates across on-premises infrastructure and public clouds such as AWS and European providers like Scaleway, and has been drawn into European debates over control, jurisdiction, and vendor dependence. Geopolitical shifts and regulatory pressure are driving demand for sovereign solutions, and public-sector procurement increasingly narrows consideration to providers that meet sovereignty criteria.
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