- AWS launches a sovereign “European Cloud” offer
- This service will be independent logically and physically
- It will be managed exclusively by EU citizens and will comply with EU regulations.
Amazon Web Service (AWS) announced the launch of AWS European Sovereign Cloud – an independent cloud, separated both logically and physically and located exclusively within the EU.
To achieve this, Amazon created a new parent company with three local subsidiaries, all run by EU citizens, compliant with European laws and focused on full compliance and transparency of cloud services.
This is a big step forward for AWS users in Europe, as the difference between European regulations and US laws has become a gulf, especially given the stringent requirements of GDPR and NIST, as well as the current US administration’s commitment to technology deregulation and its attitude towards AI.
No critical dependencies
Cloud sovereignty has become increasingly important to European businesses as US critical infrastructure dominates the landscape, but regulations often lag far behind, creating compliance and security discomfort.
We predicted that “geopatriation” would be a trend in 2026 for precisely these reasons, and while there are regional cloud providers for the EU, market dominance by companies like AWS, Microsoft and Google (who together account for over 60% of the global cloud computing market), makes them the choice for continuity and convenience.
This new AWS cloud promises total European operational autonomy. This means that it is operated exclusively by EU residents and has “no critical dependencies on non-EU infrastructure” and is designed to “continue operations indefinitely, even if communication with the rest of the world is disrupted.”
“The European sovereign cloud AWS gives customers full control over where their data is stored. » Amazon confirmed this in a press release.
“AWS European sovereign cloud allows customers to keep all the metadata they create (such as roles, permissions, resource tags and configurations) entirely within the EU, including sovereign identity and access management (IAM), billing and usage measurement systems.
European companies’ pushback against US big tech is likely to continue as attitudes towards regulation and compliance appear to drift further apart, but it’s likely we’ll see more local cloud services built for Europeans as providers look to protect their market share in the future.
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