Cloud computing remains a key battleground for Europe’s digital sovereignty. The ability to securely store, process, and manage data within Europe is essential for ensuring resilience and technological autonomy in the current geopolitical landscape. As businesses and public administrations increasingly rely on cloud services to operate and innovate, strengthening the adoption of trusted European cloud solutions has become a strategic priority for Europe’s digital future.

This session will highlight the role of European cloud providers in offering scalable solutions, designed to ensure that sensitive data remains stored and processed within the EU. It will also address the importance of interoperability across platforms as an essential component to reduce risks of vendor lock-in and allow European companies – especially SMEs – to scale and thrive.

The discussion takes place at a pivotal moment for Europe’s digital future. The upcoming Cloud and AI Development Act is expected to shape the framework for the deployment of cloud infrastructure and AI capacity across the European Union. Beyond supporting technological development, the initiative could play a critical role in addressing Europe’s structural dependencies in the cloud layer of the digital stack, an area currently dominated by a small number of global hyperscalers. Strengthening Europe’s own cloud ecosystem is therefore essential not only for fostering innovation, but also for ensuring strategic control over data and computing capacity.

By bringing together leading homegrown innovators, the webinar aims to highlight how Made-in-Europe solutions are helping to build the digital infrastructure needed for a strategically autonomous European cloud ecosystem. In addition to strengthening Europe’s digital sovereignty, these solutions also contribute to broader initiatives such as the Tech Sovereignty Catalogue, which maps trusted technologies across Europe.