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Healthcare, finance, defense should use sovereign cloud, EU countries say

By Luca Bertuzzi ( April 29, 2025, 08:59 GMT | Insight) -- Healthcare, finance and defense are on an early list of strategic sectors that should be mandated to use sovereign cloud solutions, according to a document summarizing EU member states' views and meant to influence an upcoming legislative proposal. The European governments noted that they should find a common understanding of what cloud sovereignty means, but this initial exchange suggests requirements might not be limited to cybersecurity but also be extended to cover AI. The document, obtained by MLex, also points to what EU countries see as potential bottlenecks for boosting Europe's data center capacity and how to ensure this strategic infrastructure is fairly distributed across the bloc.Healthcare, finance and defense are on an early list of strategic sectors that should be mandated to use sovereign cloud solutions, whose sovereignty requirement might be extended from cybersecurity to artificial intelligence, MLex has learned....

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