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EU Commission study finds European cloud providers hold just 15 percent of market

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.

Reported Editor-read European Commission, Study on Cloud and AI Development in the EU, 11 August 2026

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

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

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