Europe Strengthens Technological Sovereignty and Tests Credibility of US Tech Firms
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View chart & analysis → - 1Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, warned that no one should hold a kill switch regarding technological sovereignty.
- 2A Proximus-led consortium secured one of four contracts in the sovereign cloud procurement program this April, bringing the total for the four European consortium contracts to a maximum of 180 million euros.
- 3Brad Smith announced in April 2025 that Microsoft will respond to government orders to suspend European cloud operations using all available legal means, including the courts.
So what's the key point?
As Europe seeks to control its own technology, Proximus has won cloud contracts. Microsoft plans to take legal action against orders to stop its cloud operations.
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