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# Cegeka and Keyes launch Belgian Critical Cloud, a sovereign cloud partnership
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-05-27-cegeka-keyes-belgian-critical-cloud/
- Published: 2026-05-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T12:00:25.000Z
- Description: Belgian IT firms Cegeka and Keyes formed "Belgian Critical Cloud", a sovereign cloud partnership for government, defence and critical infrastructure, guaranteeing full Belgian data residency, EU law and independence from the US CLOUD Act.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [Cegeka press release, 27 May 2026](https://www.cegeka.com/en/news/cegeka-and-keyes-enter-strategic-partnership?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish new data centre capacity, an investment figure or that any customer contract has yet been signed.

**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. New Belgian-owned/operated sovereign cloud under EU law for critical infra, launched, no customers 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 2026-09-22\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)