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# Microsoft opens first Azure cloud region in Belgium, pledges EUR 59 billion impact
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-18-microsoft-belgium-azure-region/
- Published: 2025-11-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:01:33.000Z
- Description: Microsoft opened Azure Belgium Central, its first Belgian cloud region, projecting EUR 59 billion in added revenue and 85,000 jobs over four years, plus Copilot training for 600,000 Belgians by 2028.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [Microsoft Source (EMEA), 18 November 2025](https://news.microsoft.com/source/emea/2025/11/microsoft-ouvre-sa-premiere-region-cloud-en-belgique-accelerant-linnovation-et-la-croissance-economique/?lang=fr&ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not disclose the capital cost of building the region's own infrastructure.

**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 2026-10-11\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)