Europe Dumping US Software Companies

... Around Europe, governments and institutions are seeking to reduce their use of digital services from U.S. Big Tech companies and turning to domestic or free alternatives. ...

... European spending on sovereign cloud infrastructure services is forecast to more than triple from 2025 to 2027 as geopolitical tension drives investment in homegrown services, according to Gartner.

Worldwide sovereign cloud spending is forecast to hit $80 billion in 2026, up 35.6 percent from 2025. The Middle East and Africa (89 percent growth), Mature Asia/Pacific (87 percent growth), and Europe (83 percent growth) are projected to lead, while the US (29 percent growth) and China (26 percent growth) are growing at a more modest rate.

Europe " defined as geographic Western Europe including the UK " faces the most dramatic change, growing from a much higher base than other regions: $6.9 billion in 2025 compared to $851 million for Mature Asia/Pacific.

European concerns over reliance on the US hyperscalers stem from the US CLOUD Act of 2018, which allows American authorities to compel US-based tech companies to provide requested data, regardless of where that data is stored globally. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-09 01:53 PM | Reply

Well-liked NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, young Texas fireball James Talarico, House Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and elder statesman US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) are all on the same page as these European governments and institutions.

This is an example of we, the billions of people of the world, versus the 0.000001% oligarchy that controls everything.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-09 02:32 PM | Reply

... The European Union's anti-coercion instrument was designed to deter economic pressure on its member states. If used in a trade dispute with the US, it could have significant consequences for US tech firms -- and the European organizations that rely on them. ...

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-09 06:43 PM | Reply

Just dump defending Europe.

#4 | Posted by Petrous at 2026-02-09 09:22 PM | Reply

Good job Donald!

#5 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-02-09 09:35 PM | Reply

@#5 ... Good job Donald! ...

Yeah, that's the way it is looking of late.

Pres Trump actively pushing away our decades-long allies, all the while cozy-ing up to Pres Putin.

What's up with that?

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-09 09:39 PM | Reply

I welcome it.

And then our government can learn to use enterprise Linux (I think Redhat is the biggest) and get them off the Window's tit.

One might say Linus is an asshole. Other's might say he just knows his way around a keyboard. Regardless, he's not in the Epstein files.

Who should we really trust?

#7 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-02-09 09:42 PM | Reply

Other's

I used this as the collective possessive. Definitely not a typo.

#8 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-02-09 09:43 PM | Reply