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# Catalonia adopts EUR 481 million budget for a sovereign public cloud
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-07-07-catalonia-sovereign-cloud-budget/
- Published: 2026-07-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:50:08.000Z
- Description: Catalonia's Executive Council approved an eight-year, EUR 481 million budget for a sovereign public cloud to host Generalitat data under EU jurisdiction, targeting SEAL 3 certification, and opened a tender with no operator yet chosen.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, Compute and infrastructure, #news, #reported

Reported [Generalitat de Catalunya press release, 7 July 2026](https://govern.cat/salapremsa/notes-premsa/843340/catalunya-promou-nuvol-public-sobira-pioner-reforcar-lautonomia-digital-resiliencia-dels-serveis-publics?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish which company will operate the cloud or that any vendor contract has been signed.

**How this item counts.** Towards autonomy: it changes who owns, whose law governs. Binding 2 of 3 (agreed or funded), scale 2 of 3 (medium), Reported counts half: weight +4 of 36 possible. EUR481m budget agreed for public, EU-jurisdiction cloud; operator not yet chosen. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)