Europe’s Dependence on American Tech Giants Is a Growing Risk

Europas beroende av amerikanska techjättar är en växande risk

When Swedish national television (SVT) recently reported on Europe’s digital vulnerability, it highlighted an issue long debated by researchers but only now taken seriously by decision-makers. Today, nearly all IT infrastructure in Europe depends on American tech giants – led by Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. In fact, U.S. providers dominate around 80% of the European cloud market. This means our digital everyday life largely rests in the hands of foreign actors.