What the Dutch cloud market needs to serve the government sovereignly

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This article argues that Dutch and European cloud providers can already support parts of the government’s digital autonomy agenda. It recommends prioritizing only the systems that truly need sovereignty, rather than waiting for a European hyperscaler to emerge. It also calls for procurement reform, stronger enforcement against data transfer to foreign jurisdictions, and broader use of open architectures, open standards, and open source. The piece further recommends contract clauses such as exit plans and change-of-control protections to reduce vendor and geopolitical risk.

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