- EU tech leaders will move away from relying on foreign-owned infrastructure
- It would increase competition and innovation
- EU companies want common standards and less bureaucracy
Several large European tech companies are pushing for greater action from the European Union to reduce the block’s dependence on foreign-owned infrastructure by buying and building locally.
In an open letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the EU’s digital chief, Henna Virkkunen, called on about 100 organizations for greater adoption of EU-cultivated apps, platforms, AI models, chips, computing, storage and connection.
The move is coming as the Trump administration seems to be located to burn an 80 -year relationship that the United States have had with Europe.
Development of ‘Euro-Stack’
The European digital sovereignty movement has gradually gained momentum over the last few years, but has seen a massive increase in support and traction following the re -election of President Trump. Companies like Airbus, Element, OvhCloud, Murena, NextCloud and Proton have all made their mark on moving towards the EU’s digital sovereignty.
A paper [PDF] Udgivet i januar 2025 af en række fremtrædende forretningschefer og tech-eksperter har givet nogle fremsyn til, hvordan en “euro-stak” ville fungere: “Målet er at reducere Europas nuværende samlede afhængighed af ikke-europæiske aktører til tjeneste for europæiske borgere, virksomheder og institutioner, for at øge sikkerheden, skabe redundans og modstandsdygtighed, forbedre mulighederne for innovation og digitalkonkurrence og samtidig fastlægge europæiske Government management. ”
Essentially, the European Union has become too dependent on foreign -owned infrastructure – especially American Big Tech – and if nothing is done soon, EU countries will become subordinate to foreign tech companies.
The solution is therefore to promote growth at home, with the letter that “the industry will invest if there are sufficient demand prospects.
Among proposals that have been made on how to achieve a euro stack are plans for the development of common standards to help EU companies compete and defend against US hypercalers, establish an ‘superb infrastructure fund’ to publicly fund new digital infrastructures in the EU and promote innovation by cutting through the burdens of the EU Lawmakers.
Via Techcrunch
