EUISS brief finds EU candidates dependent on US and Chinese cloud giants

EUISS researchers Bomont and Zoric find EU candidate countries lean on non-European cloud providers, noting Amazon, Google and Microsoft hold 63% of the region's cloud market, and urge Brussels to diversify enlargement partners' ICT supply chains.

Verified Editor-read EUISS Brief, 26 May 2026

What it does not test. It does not establish that the Commission has adopted any of the brief's recommendations into policy.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Research brief and recommendation only, no Commission policy adopted. European Sovereignty Index

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