Europe’s Messy Divorce from American Tech: Sovereign Clouds Rise Amid Geopolitical Fears

France pulls millions of medical records out of the Microsoft cloud over privacy concerns

Driven by Europe’s ambition for digital sovereignty, France is withdrawing the medical records of millions of citizens from Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure. This decision reflects a broader trend across the continent to reduce reliance on American tech giants in the public sector. The French national Health Data Hub, which contains sensitive medical information on millions of [… The post France pulls millions of medical records out of the Micro…

Europe’s Messy Divorce from American Tech: Sovereign Clouds Rise Amid Geopolitical Fears

France’s Health Data Hub just jumped ship from Microsoft Azure to Scaleway’s sovereign cloud. Governments across Europe are following suit, swapping out U.S. software for homegrown alternatives. But the transition? Far from smooth. The push stems from hard realities. The U.S. CLOUD Act, passed in 2018, lets American firms hand over data stored anywhere to law enforcement—undermining promises of security on European servers. Add Trump’s return to…