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Airbus prepares tender to quit US hyperscalers for a sovereign EU cloud

Airbus plans to open a request for proposals in January 2026 for a sovereign European cloud contract worth over EUR 50 million, Digital EVP Catherine Jestin told The Register, to move about 900 applications off AWS, Google and Microsoft.

Reported Editor-read The Register, 19 December 2025

What it does not test. It does not establish which provider wins, or that any system has yet moved off a US hyperscaler.

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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