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# Copenhagen and Aarhus councils move to drop Microsoft software over cost and US risk
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-06-02-copenhagen-aarhus-microsoft-exit/
- Published: 2025-06-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T04:00:07.000Z
- Description: Copenhagen and Aarhus municipalities said they plan to drop Microsoft Office and cloud services, citing near-doubled licence costs since 2018 and US geopolitical risk. Aarhus already moved one department to Germany's Hetzner cloud, cutting that bill by two thirds.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Policy and law, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [DR (Danmarks Radio), 2 June 2025](https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/baade-koebenhavns-og-aarhus-kommune-vil-droppe-microsoft?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish that either municipality has adopted a binding, council-wide timetable to drop Microsoft entirely.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-20\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)