Europe's cloud challenge: Building an Airbus for the digital age

This feature examines Europe’s push for digital sovereignty in cloud computing via GAIA-X, outlining a multi-level sovereignty framework (with Level 3 requiring EU-headquartered providers), the growth of sector-specific data spaces, and the strategic need for public-sector procurement to back European vendors amid US hyperscaler dominance and CLOUD Act concerns; it also highlights partnerships with European firms as interim steps, while warning that fragmented decision-making and insufficient political alignment could slow progress.