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# France picks Scaleway over Microsoft to host its Health Data Hub
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-04-23-france-health-data-hub-scaleway/
- Published: 2026-04-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:50:41.000Z
- Description: France's Health Data Hub named French cloud firm Scaleway, chosen through a UGAP public cloud procurement, as its future host, ending its use of Microsoft Azure under DINUM's cloud sovereignty doctrine. No contract value was disclosed.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Policy and law, #news, #verified

Verified [Health Data Hub (Plateforme des données de santé) announcement, 23 April 2026](https://www.health-data-hub.fr/actualites/la-plateforme-des-donnees-de-sante-engage-sa-migration-vers-un-cloud-souverain-avec?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish a signed contract value, a completed migration, or that a formal governance ratification has yet occurred.

**How this item counts.** Towards autonomy: it changes who owns, who operates, whose law governs. Binding 1 of 3 (announced), scale 2 of 3 (medium), Verified counts in full: weight +6 of 36 possible. France picked French Scaleway over Azure; selection only, no signed contract or migration yet. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)