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Google led consortium's legal challenge stalls German sovereign cloud award

A Google and Adesso consortium filed a procurement complaint contesting Germany's provisional award of a EUR 249.6 million, four year sovereign cloud tender to Deutsche Telekom and SAP, stalling the federal government's sovereignty weighted award.

Reported heise online, 29 April 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish the outcome of the complaint or whether the Telekom and SAP award will ultimately stand.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Legal challenge stalls EUR249.6M German sovereign cloud award; outcome undecided. European Sovereignty Index

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