The Sovereignty Mirage: Why European Clouds Won't Save Your Data

Author: Julien Simon

Date: December 4, 2025

Source: https://julsimon.substack.com/p/the-sovereignty-mirage-why-european

If you've been sleeping soundly, confident that hosting your precious European data with a French cloud provider keeps it safely tucked away from foreign intelligence agencies, I have uncomfortable news. A Canadian court ordered OVHcloud — the French cloud provider — to hand over customer data stored on servers in France, the UK, and Australia.

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