Data Sovereignty on Silicon Polderhttps://hugo.bytes.news/tags/data-sovereignty/Recent content in Data Sovereignty on Silicon PolderHugo -- gohugo.ioenFri, 16 Jan 2026 06:48:55 +0000Amazon Launches Independent European Cloud to Counter Data Sovereignty Concernshttps://hugo.bytes.news/posts/friday/archive/aba0f67-data-sovereignty-cloud-infrastructure/Fri, 16 Jan 2026 06:48:55 +0000https://hugo.bytes.news/posts/friday/archive/aba0f67-data-sovereignty-cloud-infrastructure/<p><em>Brussels, Friday 16 January 2026</em> Amazon Web Services has officially launched its European Sovereign Cloud, a €7.8 billion infrastructure project designed to satisfy the EU’s strictest data residency requirements. The first facility in Germany is physically and logically separated from Amazon’s global network and managed entirely by EU citizens to mitigate regulatory risks associated with the US Cloud Act. Uniquely, AWS claims this infrastructure can remain fully operational even if severed from the wider internet or US control, marking a significant shift in digital geopolitical strategy.</p>