The European Commission is awarding up to €180 million in cloud contracts over six years to Europe-based providers to boost the EU’s digital sovereignty and provide sovereign cloud services to institutions and agencies. Four vendors were selected through the Cloud III Dynamic Purchasing System against the Commission’s Cloud Sovereignty Framework, with follow-up work including updated assessment criteria and a broader Tech Sovereignty package. #EuropeanCommission #CloudSovereigntyFramework
Keypoints
- The tender allocates up to €180 million over six years to procure sovereign cloud services for EU institutions.
- Four providers were awarded contracts: Post Telecom (with CleverCloud and OVHcloud), STACKIT, Scaleway, and Proximus via partners including S3NS.
- Providers were evaluated against the Cloud Sovereignty Framework covering eight objectives such as legal, operational, supply chain transparency, and security.
- Contracts require limiting non‑EU third‑party influence and aim to ensure diversification and resilience across suppliers.
- Next steps include refining the framework’s assessment criteria and advancing a Tech Sovereignty package that covers open source, Chips Act 2, and cloud/AI regulation.
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