KPN has teamed up with Schwarz Digits to launch a European sovereign cloud for the Dutch market, with availability not expected until mid-2027.
The sovereign cloud will be hosted in KPN7s data centers in the Netherlands, while Stackit will provide the infrastructure and its cloud platform, based on open source software.
European sovereign cloud stack: KPN data centers and Stackit infrastructure
KPN says its sovereign cloud offering for the Dutch market will be hosted in its own data centers in the Netherlands. Stackit is set to provide the infrastructure, using a Stackit cloud platform based on open source software.
Schwarz Digits and KPN target Dutch availability in mid-2027
The KPNSchwarz Digits sovereign cloud for the Dutch market is positioned as a European sovereign cloud, but the article puts its availability timeline at mid-2027 rather than sooner.
That matters operationally: teams planning sovereignty and residency requirements will still need to work with existing environments until the service window opens in the middle of 2027.
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The same coverage notes additional sovereign-related initiatives across Western Europe. Tele2 has partnered with Iliad-owned Scaleway to launch a sovereign European cloud and AI offering in Sweden, and Telefnica is putting its sovereign cloud offering in the hands of Google Cloud for companies seeking verifiable controls over data protection, residency, and personnel access.
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