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# Microsoft opens its first Azure datacentre region in Austria
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-07-28-microsoft-austria-datacenter-region/
- Published: 2025-07-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T16:02:07.000Z
- Description: Microsoft opened its first Azure region in Austria, three datacentres around Vienna running on hydropower, offering GDPR and NIS2 compliant local storage for customers including Raiffeisenlandesbank OÖ and Kapsch TrafficCom.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [Microsoft Source, 28 July 2025](https://news.microsoft.com/source/emea/2025/07/microsoft-will-open-datacenter-region-in-austria/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish European ownership or governing law, since the region remains a Microsoft operated, US governed service.

**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 2026-10-19\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)