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# ECB picks OVHcloud and Scaleway as EU-only cloud backers for digital euro tender
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-03-19-ecb-digital-euro-sepi-ovhcloud-scaleway/
- Published: 2026-03-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-20T06:58:30.000Z
- Description: OVHcloud and Scaleway were named EU-only cloud subcontractors to Senacor Technologies, the ECB's first-ranked tenderer for the digital euro's Secure Exchange of Payment Information system, with AWS, Microsoft and Google barred from bidding.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [OVHcloud press release, 19 March 2026](https://corporate.ovhcloud.com/en/newsroom/news/ovhcloud-digital-euro-ecb/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish a final signed contract value or that the digital euro regulation itself has been adopted.

**How this item counts.** Towards autonomy: it changes who owns, who operates, whose law governs. Binding 2 of 3 (agreed or funded), scale 3 of 3 (large), Verified counts in full: weight +18 of 36 possible. EU-only OVHcloud/Scaleway picked over AWS/Microsoft/Google for digital euro tender. [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 2026-09-20\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)