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# Seven Dutch IT firms form Open Cloud Alliance to challenge US cloud giants
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-04-01-netherlands-open-cloud-alliance/
- Published: 2026-04-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-21T12:00:07.000Z
- Description: Centric, Info Support, Intermax, KPN, Nebul, Previder and Uniserver formed the Open Cloud Alliance on 1 April 2026, offering the Dutch government cloud platforms under Dutch and European jurisdiction to cut reliance on non-European providers.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [DINL (Stichting Digitale Infrastructuur Nederland) press release, 1 April 2026](https://dinl.nl/nieuws/open-cloud-alliantie-biedt-overheid-soevereine-cloudoplossing/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not show any government funding, procurement rule change or signed customer contract, only an industry pitch.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Alliance launched but no funding, procurement change or signed contract yet. [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 2026-09-21\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)