Europe is looking for alternatives to US cloud providers
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Summary
There are increasing concerns that EU officials are looking to reduce the continent’s reliance on US tech companies, particularly in the cloud services space.
This follows a trend of boycotting US-made products, increased military spending, and anti-Elon Musk protests in response to the Trump administration’s perceived threat to international security and cooperation.
European companies, particularly in the Netherlands, are increasingly looking to switch to home-grown tech suppliers such as Exoscale and Elastx.
Such a move could be detrimental to the business of Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services, which host vast sections of the internet and run thousands of businesses.
However, European policymakers are reportedly keen to reduce their reliance on US tech, to mitigate against the risk of US interference.
