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   EU tech companies push for digital sovereignty, reducing reliance on US and   
   others   
      
   Date:   
   Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:33:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   European tech leaders want to move away from reliance on foreign-owned   
   infrastructure, and buy and build locally instead.   
      
   FULL STORY   
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    - EU tech leaders want to move away from relying on foreign-owned   
   infrastructure   
    - Establishing a Euro-stack would increase competition and innovation   
    - EU companies want common standards and less red tape   
      
   Several major European tech companies are pushing for greater action from the   
   European Union to reduce the blocs reliance on foreign-owned infrastructure    
   by buying and building locally.    
      
   In an open letter to the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen,   
   and the EUs digital chief, Henna Virkkunen, around 100 organizations called   
   for greater adoption of EU-grown apps, platforms, AI models, chips,    
   computing, storage, and connectivity.    
      
   The move comes as the Trump administration seemingly positions itself to burn   
   an 80 year relationship that the United States has held with Europe.   
      
   Developing the Euro-stack    
      
   The European digital sovereignty movement has been gradually gaining momentum   
   over the past few years, but has seen a massive increase in support and   
   traction following the re-election of President Trump. Companies such as   
   Airbus, Element, OVHCloud, Murena, Nextcloud, and Proton have all put their   
   mark on moving towards EU digital sovereignty.    
      
   A paper [ PDF ] published in January 2025 by a number of prominent business   
   heads and tech experts has given some foresight to how a Euro stack would   
   work: The objective is to reduce Europes current total dependency on   
   non-European actors for service to European citizens, businesses, and   
   institutions, to enhance security, create redundancy and resilience, improve   
   opportunities for innovation and digital competitiveness while establishing   
   European governance rules.    
      
   Essentially, the European Union has become overly reliant on foreign-owned   
   infrastructure - especially US Big Tech - and if nothing is done soon, EU   
   countries will become subservient to foreign tech companies.    
      
   The solution therefore is to foster growth at home, with the letter stating,   
   Industry will invest if there are adequate demand prospects. Prioritizing   
   areas where Europe can already deliver will be key to shifting resources fast   
   to European suppliers, creating value and market in a virtuous circle.    
      
   Among suggestions made on how to achieve a Euro stack are plans for the   
   development of common standards to help EU companies compete and defend   
   against US hyperscalers, establishing a Sovereign Infrastructure Fund to   
   publicly fund new digital infrastructure in the EU, and promoting innovation   
   by cutting through the burdensome red tape of EU lawmakers.    
      
   Via TechCrunch   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/eu-tech-companies-push-for-digital-sovereignty-r   
   educing-reliance-on-us-and-others   
      
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