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Netherlands publishes design for sovereign, government-wide cloud platform

The Dutch Ministry of the Interior published the technical design for a sovereign, government-wide cloud. It specifies an open-source container platform meeting the Haven standard, hosted in government data centres for mid-tier applications.

Verified AI-drafted Digitale Overheid (Dutch government, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations), 31 August 2026

What it does not test. It does not establish funding, a chosen contractor or hardware supplier, or confirm any sovereignty assurance level has been reached.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Design only; no funding, contractor or hardware chosen, no sovereignty level reached. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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