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# AWS says European Sovereign Cloud will be run only by EU citizens
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-08-04-aws-european-sovereign-cloud-eu-citizens/
- Published: 2025-08-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-16T12:00:09.000Z
- Description: Amazon said its AWS European Sovereign Cloud, backed by a prior EUR 7.8 billion investment through 2040, will be run exclusively by EU citizens resident in the EU, with launch targeted by the end of 2025.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Policy and law, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [About Amazon Europe, 4 August 2025](https://www.aboutamazon.eu/news/aws/aws-european-sovereign-cloud-to-be-operated-by-eu-citizens?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that ownership of the cloud has moved away from Amazon's US parent, only who operates it.

**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 2026-10-16\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)