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France's Cnaf picks Broadcom's VMware Cloud Foundation for its cloud

France's family benefits agency Cnaf selected Broadcom's VMware Cloud Foundation, announced 15 October 2025 and framed as protecting data sovereignty. A French MP objected that VMware remains subject to extraterritorial law; the contract's value went undisclosed.

Reported Editor-read CIO-Online, 28 October 2025

What it does not test. It does not establish whether this is a new cloud build or a renewal of existing virtualised infrastructure, since Cnaf and VMware both declined to clarify.

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.

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