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# Dutch probe finds nearly three quarters of EU bodies use US mail servers
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-09-30-eu-institutions-american-mail-servers-nos-report/
- Published: 2026-09-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-03T10:53:23.000Z
- Description: A Dutch NOS investigation found nearly three quarters of EU institutions route email through US owned servers, mostly Microsoft; the European Parliament, Europol and the EU court avoid them. MEPs Groothuis and Van Sparrentak urged a shift to European hosting.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [NOS, 30 September 2026](https://nos.nl/artikel/2633082-leeuwendeel-van-eu-instellingen-laat-mail-via-amerikaanse-servers-lopen?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish that any institution has committed to moving its mail hosting to a European provider.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. confirms existing US-server dependence EU-wide but no institution has committed to switching. [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 and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)