In brief: The EU Commission is planning regulations for public procurement that favor European cloud providers and wants to massively expand semiconductor production in Europe.
An alliance of 13 European cloud providers, EU lawmakers and organizations is calling for a reduction in European dependence on US technology in an open letter dated June 1, 2026. The European Commission is planning parallel regulatory measures to strengthen the domestic digital economy.
The alliance defines technological sovereignty as Europe’s ability to freely design, understand, choose from various domestic sources, build, operate and regulate digital systems. The initiative is directed at political decision-makers to adapt legal and economic frameworks so that European companies are not marginalized in global competition.
The European Commission plans to present upcoming measures that will formalize these efforts. A key point concerns the award of sensitive public contracts: strategically important infrastructure services such as cloud streaming services for government agencies should be provided preferentially or exclusively by European providers. In parallel, the package provides financial stimulus to accelerate the production of semiconductors and microchips manufactured in Europe. The background is the trade and technology tensions between the USA and China, as well as Europe’s goal of catching up with its technological lag in strategic core areas.
Signatories to the letter include French cloud infrastructure provider OVHcloud, German software company Nextcloud, open-source networks Mastodon and Monnett Social, Swiss data protection company Proton, search engine Ecosia and Dutch quantum chip manufacturer QuantWare. At the political level, the letter is supported by Green Party MPs in the European Parliament, including Alexandra Geese. Six non-governmental organizations such as Defend Democracy and Save Social support the initiative.
OVHcloud is already building a specialized defense division after several European defense ministries requested the company’s support in digitally transforming their armed forces. This demonstrates concrete implementation approaches for an alternative to US technology corporations in security-critical areas.
Source: www.it-daily.net · Published June 2, 2026
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