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# Microsoft opens new Austrian cloud datacentre region near Vienna
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-06-30-microsoft-austria-datacentre-region-opens/
- Published: 2025-06-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T04:05:31.000Z
- Description: Microsoft opened a new Austrian datacentre region of three sites around Vienna, going live in August, letting local businesses and government store data domestically on Azure, Microsoft 365 and Power Platform.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [Microsoft Source EMEA press release, 30 June 2025](https://news.microsoft.com/source/emea/2025/06/microsoft-eroeffnet-rechenzentrumsregion-in-oesterreich/?lang=at&ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not disclose the investment figure or whether Austrian public bodies are required to use the new region.

**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)