Europe's Shift from U.S. Software to Sovereign Tech Raises Data Privacy Concerns
European countries are increasingly moving away from U.S.-based software solutions in favor of 'sovereign tech' to enhance data privacy and control. This shift is largely a response to the U.S. CLOUD Act, which mandates that American tech companies comply with U.S. law enforcement data requests, even if the data is stored overseas. France, for instance, has decided to transition its Health Data Hub from Microsoft Azure to a local provider, Scaleway. This move is part of a broader European effort to reduce dependency on American tech giants like Google and Microsoft. The European Commission has also awarded contracts to local cloud providers, excluding major U.S. companies like Amazon from certain tenders. 
