A European tech industry coalition has called for ‘radical action’ from the EU to reduce reliance on foreign-owned digital infrastructure and services – especially US big tech.
In an open letter to the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and the EU’s digital chief Henna Virkkunen, around 100 European tech firms are calling for the EU to support “sovereign digital infrastructure”.
This means less reliance on foreign-owned infrastructure – especially from the US – to prevent EU countries becoming subservient to foreign tech companies.
As well as tech heavyweights Airbus and Dassault Systèmes, signatories span many areas of the tech industry including cloud, telecoms, defence, investment banks and start-ups.
The motivation for the letter comes from recent US and EU developments following Trump’s return to the White House and his ‘America First’ agenda. The signatories want Europe to take steps to maintain its strategic autonomy in key sectors to compete against US hyperscalers...