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Copenhagen and Aarhus councils move to drop Microsoft software over cost and US risk

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.

Reported Editor-read DR (Danmarks Radio), 2 June 2025

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.

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

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