{"id":6153,"date":"2025-04-17T13:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T17:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/?p=6153"},"modified":"2025-04-17T12:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:45:30","slug":"cloud-sovereignty-surges-as-european-firms-rethink-us-hyperscaler-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/cloud-sovereignty-surges-as-european-firms-rethink-us-hyperscaler-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud sovereignty surges as European firms rethink US hyperscaler ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-1086\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[70rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(12)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"d738e26b-3d64-48bc-84de-20283f50c2d2\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"389\"><span id=\"input-sentence~0\">As geopolitical tremors ripple across the Atlantic, European cloud users are re-evaluating their digital allegiances. A growing number of organizations, especially in the wake of recent US policy shifts and data privacy concerns, are increasingly questioning their reliance on American hyperscalers.<\/span><span id=\"input-sentence~1\"><\/p>\n<p>At KubeCon EU, conversations previously filled with AI hype suddenly turned strongly in the direction of digital sovereignty. CIVO and Nextcloud both indicate a significant increase in requests from clients seeking alternatives to AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud. Mark Boost, CIVO CEO, characterized the shift in attitude as &#8220;fast and unexpected,&#8221; even for established opponents of hyperscaler hegemony.<\/span><span id=\"input-sentence~2\"><\/p>\n<p>Frank Karlitschek, CEO of Nextcloud, pointed to three drivers behind the shift: uncertainty sparked by unpredictable US policies, escalating pricing concerns due to tariffs, and a newfound fear around surveillance and data misuse. \u201cIt\u2019s no longer just about cost,\u201d he said.<\/span><span id=\"input-sentence~3\"> \u201cIt\u2019s about trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These fears aren\u2019t limited to just boardroom paranoia. Reports of EU staff traveling to the US with burner phones, combined with broader economic tension, have only amplified anxieties about data control and jurisdiction. <\/span><span id=\"input-sentence~3\">Even US-based Vultr confirmed it had seen renewed interest in sovereign infrastructure, with organizations demanding clarity on where their data lives and who controls it.<\/span><span id=\"input-sentence~4\"><\/p>\n<p>Migration, though, is not immediate. European vendors caution that a transition away from rooted hyperscaler platforms can take months, even years. 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