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# Dutch government signs cloud framework deal with Germany's STACKIT
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-04-24-netherlands-government-stackit-cloud-framework/
- Published: 2026-04-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:50:41.000Z
- Description: The Netherlands' Ministry of Justice and Security signed a framework agreement making STACKIT, owned by Germany's Schwarz Digits (Lidl's parent group), the Dutch government's official alternative to AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Policy and law, #news, #verified

Verified [STACKIT press release, 24 April 2026](https://www.stackit.com/en/news/stackit-becomes-the-dutch-government-s-official-cloud-alternative?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish which ministries or workloads will actually migrate, or a timetable for doing so.

**How this item counts.** Towards autonomy: it changes who owns, who operates, whose law governs. Binding 2 of 3 (agreed or funded), scale 2 of 3 (medium), Verified counts in full: weight +12 of 36 possible. Dutch gov framework names German-owned STACKIT as EU alternative to US hyperscalers. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)