The Commission awards 180 million euros of sovereign cloud to four European providers

2026-04-17 · Publisher : Commission européenne · Domain : Cloud & DevOps

The Commission awards its 180-million-euro, six-year contract to four providers: Post Telecom (with CleverCloud and OVHcloud), STACKIT, Scaleway and Proximus (with S3NS, Clarence and Mistral).

### What changes On 17 April 2026, the European Commission awards its **180-million-euro, six-year** tender for sovereign cloud services for the Union's institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. Four contracts are concluded in parallel, to avoid dependence on a single provider. ### Key facts - Post Telecom, with its partners CleverCloud and OVHcloud. - STACKIT (Schwarz Digits). - Scaleway. - Proximus, with S3NS (a Thales and Google Cloud joint venture), Clarence and Mistral. - Providers had to reach assurance levels ensuring that non-EU third parties have limited control over their technologies or services; the Commission says non-European technologies, within a strict framework, can meet the minimum sovereignty level required. - The contracts let the Union's institutions, bodies, offices and agencies buy sovereign cloud services, up to 180 million euros over six years. - The tender was launched in October 2025 via the Cloud III dynamic purchasing system. ### Why it matters The award validates in practice that an offer based on US technology (S3NS) can be among providers judged sufficiently sovereign, alongside three European consortia. The Commission is preparing an updated version of the framework with precise evaluation criteria, and the "tech sovereignty" package including CADA. For providers, it is a reference label for public tenders. ### Takeaway The Commission's sovereign cloud contract is awarded to four providers, including one consortium involving US technology.

Tags : Souveraineté, Europe, Cloud souverain, OVHcloud, Scaleway