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IBM unveils Sovereign Core to embed AI data control

Mon, 2nd Feb 2026
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IBM launches Sovereign Core, embedding digital sovereignty into cloud and AI stacks to give enterprises and governments direct control.
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SUSE unveils EU cloud sovereignty self-assessment tool

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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SUSE unveils a browser-based tool that scores EU cloud sovereignty compliance and delivers a risk and gap analysis in under 20 minutes.
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NTT DATA & AWS expand global agentic AI cloud push

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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NTT DATA and AWS sign multi-year deal to speed enterprise cloud modernisation and move agentic AI systems from pilots to production at scale.
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NTT DATA & AWS target agentic AI in Asia-Pacific deal

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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NTT DATA strikes multi-year AWS deal to drive agentic AI and cloud modernisation for heavily regulated Asia-Pacific enterprises.
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Gartner warns of rising lock-in to regional AI stacks

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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Gartner warns 35% of nations will be locked into region-specific AI by 2027 as sovereignty, security and cultural fit overtake scale.
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Finnish Data Centres name Antti Poikola Managing Director

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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Finnish Data Centre Association taps Antti “Jogi” Poikola as Managing Director to bolster the country's growing sustainable data hub ambitions.
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OVHcloud buys Seald to boost end-to-end encryption

Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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OVHcloud snaps up French encryption specialist Seald to bake end-to-end protection into its cloud services and bolster zero-knowledge security.
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MOTHER AI unveils UK-built sovereign language model

Sat, 24th Jan 2026
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MOTHER AI unveils a UK-built sovereign language model, promising domestic hosting, tighter data control and alignment with UK-EU oversight.
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EU Cybersecurity Act revamp targets high risk vendors

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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Brussels moves to tighten EU cyber rules, targeting high risk foreign vendors while streamlining certification and boosting sovereignty.
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Vincent Lomba joins ENISA group on EU cyber policy

Wed, 21st Jan 2026
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Vincent Lomba joins ENISA's Advisory Group, bringing industry insight to EU efforts on NIS2, the Cyber Resilience Act and digital sovereignty.
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AI agents push autonomy, but governance gap remains

Wed, 21st Jan 2026
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AI agents move from pilots to core enterprise tools by 2026, but new research warns governance remains the missing link for many firms.
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emma adds IONOS to multi-cloud platform for Europe

Wed, 14th Jan 2026
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emma integrates IONOS Cloud into its platform, giving European organisations a sovereign multi-cloud option with unified cost and governance control.
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AI in 2026: fragile data, hybrid clouds & profit race

Wed, 14th Jan 2026
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AI in 2026 will be less about dazzling breakthroughs and more about fragile data, hybrid clouds and investor pressure for real profits.
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AI, geopolitics & supply chains reshape cyber risk

Tue, 13th Jan 2026
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Rapid AI rollout, geopolitical rifts and fragile supply chains are upending cyber risk, straining outdated security and compliance regimes.
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LF Energy adds tech giants as board, membership grow

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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LF Energy brings Apple, Microsoft and Shell onto its board as membership surges and event attendance hits records across three continents.
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Leaseweb names Ronald Richardson as Chief Revenue Officer

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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Leaseweb appoints Ronald Richardson as Chief Revenue Officer to drive global growth and its sovereign-by-design hybrid cloud push.
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SUSE & evroc forge sovereign European cloud stack deal

Thu, 8th Jan 2026
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SUSE and evroc ally to build an end-to-end sovereign European cloud stack, promising EU-only control of data, infrastructure and support.
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Adfinis unveils OpenBao services for secure secrets

Mon, 22nd Dec 2025
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Adfinis launches six OpenBao-based services to help regulated organisations modernise open source secrets and encryption management.
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Qlik to invest USD $1.5bn in Europe & launch agentic AI

Mon, 22nd Dec 2025
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Qlik to pour USD $1.5bn into Europe, join AWS European Sovereign Cloud and debut agentic AI via its new Qlik Answers experience.
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Commvault Cloud to bolster AWS European Sovereign Cloud

Sat, 20th Dec 2025
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Commvault will offer its Commvault Cloud on the new AWS European Sovereign Cloud, boosting data protection for tightly regulated EU customers.