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# AWS unveils independent EU governance structure for its Sovereign Cloud
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-06-03-aws-european-sovereign-cloud-governance/
- Published: 2025-06-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T04:00:10.000Z
- Description: AWS said it will set up a German parent company with three subsidiaries, led by German national Kathrin Renz and an EU citizen advisory board, to run the AWS European Sovereign Cloud launching in Brandenburg by end 2025. AWS cites a EUR 7.8 billion investment behind the plan.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [AWS (Amazon) press release, 3 June 2025](https://www.aboutamazon.eu/news/aws/built-operated-controlled-and-secured-in-europe-aws-unveils-new-sovereign-controls-and-governance-structure-for-the-aws-european-sovereign-cloud?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that Amazon gives up ultimate ownership of the new entities, which stay part of the AWS corporate structure.

**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)