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# EU Commission study finds European cloud providers hold just 15 percent of market
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-08-11-eu-cloud-ai-dependency-study/
- Published: 2026-08-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-24T08:35:01.000Z
- Description: A Commission-commissioned study finds EU cloud providers' market share fell from about 29 percent in 2017 to around 15 percent in 2022, with three non-European hyperscalers holding over 70 percent of the European market.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Compute and infrastructure, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [European Commission, Study on Cloud and AI Development in the EU, 11 August 2026](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/study-cloud-and-ai-development-eu?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not itself commit funding or change any rule; it documents the dependency the already-adopted Cloud and AI Development Act aims to address.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Study documents EU-wide cloud dependency; commits no funding or rule change. [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 2026-09-24\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)