US cloud providers face more pressure as EU lawmakers urge digital sovereignty
By Matthew Newman ( May 20, 2025, 12:48 GMT | Insight) -- Amazon, Microsoft and Google will next month face more pressure from European lawmakers for the European Union to reduce its reliance on US cloud-service providers. Under a draft European Parliament report, four political parties will call on the EU’s executive body to define a “sovereign cloud” and how that policy would be integrated into the proposed Cloud and AI Development Act, according to a draft seen by MLex.Amazon, Microsoft and Google will next month face more pressure from European lawmakers for the European Union to reduce its reliance on US cloud-service providers....
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