- Office.eu runs entirely on European infrastructure to protect local data sovereignty
- The platform integrates document editing, emails, calendars and calls into a single workspace
- Collabora Online provides the office suite, derived from the LibreOffice code base
A new digital workplace called Office.eu has launched with the aim of providing a European-controlled alternative to widely used office software platforms.
The platform is described as a cloud-based environment, built entirely on European infrastructure and owned by a European company.
The company says its overall goal is to reduce its long-standing reliance on software ecosystems dominated by U.S. vendors.
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An effort for European control over digital infrastructures
“We have increasingly seen how essential it is to become cloud independent and rely on software built around European values,” said Maarten Roelfs, CEO of Office.eu.
“For many years, Europe has relied on American software and therefore created a certain risk of dependence, but it has also given up control over its own data. Office.eu proves that we now have a solid European alternative, based on sovereignty, confidentiality and transparency.”
The service offers a collection of productivity tools that combine document editing, file storage, communication features, calendars and email services within a single platform.
Although marketed as a new alternative to dominant desktop software ecosystems, the underlying technology appears to build on existing open source collaboration frameworks.
Office.eu runs on an infrastructure built around Nextcloud Hub, which combines file management, messaging systems and collaborative workspaces.
Document editing within the platform appears to rely on Collabora Online, an office suite derived from the LibreOffice codebase, allowing users to create and edit documents directly through a browser interface while supporting collaborative editing features.
Concerns about digital sovereignty have attracted the attention of policymakers and organizations across Europe in recent years, as discussions focus on reducing reliance on platforms operated outside the European Union.
Projects such as Office.eu attempt to address this concern by offering collaboration environments entirely hosted on European infrastructure.
Office.eu says the system integrates files, communication tools and collaborative editing capabilities into a single workspace.
“Office.eu is 100% European-owned and runs entirely on European data centers. Data and applications stay exactly where they belong and are safe from non-EU control,” Roelfs added.
“The office suite is very intuitive and easy to use, enabling a seamless transition from US software to Office.eu. We also help customers easily migrate from Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.”
However, the software architecture shows that the platform relies heavily on well-known open source building blocks rather than entirely new developments.
The hosting infrastructure is based on European data centers operated by the German provider Hetzner.
The service is currently being rolled out across Europe via an invitation system to selected organizations who have requested access.
As for pricing, the company says it is comparable to existing market offerings and migration tools are available to move data to the platform.
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