According to data from Cigref, the French association of IT directors, as much as 83 percent of European spending on cloud and software (around 264 billion euros) still goes to American companies, while Gartner estimates that global spending on sovereign cloud will jump by 35.6 percent in 2026, to $80 billion.
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According to data from Cigref, the French association of IT directors, as much as 83 percent of European spending on cloud and software (around 264 billion euros) still goes to American companies, while Gartner estimates that global spending on sovereign cloud will jump by 35.6 percent in 2026, to $80 billion.
As French ministries finalize plans to exit the American digital infrastructure by early fall in these weeks, it is becoming clear that this is the initial move in a broader European realignment of relations with Microsoft, Amazon, and Google.