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NATO signs multi million dollar deal with Google Cloud for AI cloud

NATO's Communications and Information Agency signed a multi million dollar deal with Google Cloud for an air gapped, AI enabled cloud to run classified workloads for the Ukraine NATO training centre JATEC. Google calls it sovereign; the technology stack stays Google's own.

Verified Editor-read Google Cloud press release, 24 November 2025

What it does not test. It does not disclose the contract value or show the cloud is European owned or governed by European law.

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.

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

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