- EU technology leaders want to move away from relying on foreigners infrastructure
- Establishing a euro battery would increase competition and innovation
- EU companies want common standards and less paperwork
Several large European technological companies put pressure for greater action on the part of the European Union in order to reduce the dependence of the block with regard to foreign infrastructure by buying and building locally.
In an open letter to the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and to the digital chief of the EU, the Henné Virkkunen, a hundred organizations have called for a greater adoption of applications, platforms, models of AI, chips, calculations, storage and connectivity cultivated by the EU.
This decision comes when the Trump administration apparently positions itself to burn an 80-year relationship that the United States has maintained with Europe.
Develop the “Euro-Stack”
The European movement of digital sovereignty has gradually increased in recent years, but has experienced a massive increase in support and traction after the re -election of President Trump. Companies such as Iirbus, Element, OVHCloud, Murena, NextCloud and Proton have all put their mark to evolve towards the digital sovereignty of the EU.
A paper [PDF] Published in January 2025 by a certain number of commercial leaders and experts in leading technology gave a certain foresight to the way in which a “Euros” would work: “The objective is to reduce the current total dependence of Europe with regard to non -European actors for service to European citizens, businesses and institutions, to improve security, create redundancies and resilience, improve opportunities for innovation and digital competitiveness while establishing European governance rules. ”.
Essentially, the European Union has become too dependent on infrastructure belonging to foreigners – in particular large American technologies – and if nothing is done soon, EU countries will become subordinate to foreign technology companies.
The solution is therefore to promote growth at home, the letter indicating: “The industry will invest if there are adequate demand prospects.
Among the suggestions made on how to reach a battery in euros, there are plans for the development of common standards to help EU companies to compete and to defend against American hyperscalers, to establish a “ sovereign infrastructure fund ” to publicly finance new digital infrastructure in EU legislators.
Via Techcrunch
