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# France's state cloud spend hits EUR 84 million, 70 percent to EU providers
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-03-26-france-state-cloud-84-million-european-providers/
- Published: 2026-03-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:50:53.000Z
- Description: France's interministerial cloud market recorded EUR 84 million in 2025 orders, up 62 percent, with 70 percent going to European providers such as Bleu, S3NS, OVHcloud, NumSpot, Scaleway, Outscale and Mistral AI under the Cloud au centre doctrine.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified

Verified [DINUM (French digital directorate) press release, 26 March 2026](https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/etat-transition-cloud-offres-europeennes-souveraines/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish that the 70 percent European share applies to the largest or most sensitive workloads, only to placed orders.

**How this item counts.** Towards autonomy: it changes who operates, whose law governs. Binding 3 of 3 (in force or operating), scale 1 of 3 (small), Verified counts in full: weight +6 of 36 possible. France paid EUR84M to EU-owned cloud firms under EU law, one state so scale1. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)