The European Commission announced Friday it has selected four European technology firms to handle a massive $212 million cloud computing contract spanning six years, marking a significant step in Europe’s effort to break free from reliance on foreign tech companies.
The contract, initially put out for bid in October 2025, went to Post Telecom from Luxembourg, Germany-based StackIT, France’s Scaleway (owned by Iliad), and Belgium’s Proximus.
According to a statement from the EU’s executive branch, “This tender supports the Commission’s broader efforts to enhance its own sovereignty, reinforcing strategic control across key technologies and infrastructure.”
The winning companies were chosen because they met the Commission’s Cloud Sovereignty Framework requirements, which mandates that organizations outside the EU cannot have significant influence over the technologies or services being provided, officials explained.
EU digital chief Henna Virkkunen emphasized the importance of the decision on social media, stating: “Scaling the use of EU cloud is key to strengthening Europe’s digital sovereignty.”
The contracts involve partnerships between the selected companies and other tech firms. Post Telecom has teamed up with OVHcloud and CleverCloud, while Proximus is heading a group that includes Mistral AI, Clarence, Thales, and S3NS, which is a joint venture between Google Cloud and data center operations.
OVHcloud’s founder and CEO Octave Klaba celebrated the win on social media, noting that the Post Telecom partnership will serve more than 40 European Commission agencies and will help “prove there are credible alternatives in Europe.”
