European Lawmakers Sound Alarm Over US Cloud Dominance Amid Political Uncertainty

Europe's digital economy faces existential risks as its reliance on US-controlled cloud infrastructure becomes a geopolitical liability. Amazon, Microsoft, and Google collectively command over two-thirds of the continent's cloud computing market, hosting everything from government communications to cryptocurrency exchange data.

The recent political shift in Washington has triggered emergency discussions among European policymakers. Matthias Ecke, a German Social Democrat in the European Parliament, states bluntly: "It is no longer reasonable to assume we can totally rely on our American partner." The specter of sudden service termination or data seizure looms large, particularly given historical precedents like the International Criminal Court incident.

Austrian cloud executive Alexander Windbichler delivers a damning indictment of European inaction: "The European cloud sector has failed to act politically." This vulnerability extends to cryptocurrency markets, where exchange operations and blockchain nodes frequently depend on these vulnerable cloud platforms.