Let's talk about EU Sovereignty (2025)
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- #US-EU Legal Conflicts
- #EU Data Sovereignty
- #Cloud Compliance
- The term 'EU Sovereignty' is disliked but industry-standard, focusing on keeping EU data within the EU.
- Major cloud providers like AWS struggle with sovereignty due to global services (e.g., S3, auth, DNS) routing data outside the EU, notably to US regions like us-east-1.
- Emerging 'sovereign cloud' offerings from AWS, Google (via T-Systems), and Microsoft face legal conflicts and incomplete service parity.
- Legal conflict: US gag orders compel silence on data seizures, while EU law mandates citizen notification when data is accessed.
- Past frameworks (Safe Harbour, Privacy Shield) failed; the current Data Privacy Framework remains untested in conflicts.
- Recommended solution: Use EU-based cloud providers (e.g., Scaleway, Herzner) or VPS services, despite potential technical challenges.
- For migrations, careful architecture review is needed; managed Kubernetes options may be supplemented with tools like Omni.