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Methodology: Every two weeks we collect most relevant posts on LinkedIn for selected topics and create an overall summary only based on these posts. If you´re interested in the single posts behind, you can find them here: https://linktr.ee/thomasallgeyer. Have a great read!
If you prefer listening, check out our podcast summarizing the most relevant insights from Cloud Insights CW 47/ 48:
Sovereignty & Compliance
Differentiated, risk-based models for digital sovereignty gain traction to protect sensitive and strategic data assets
Institutions weigh federated EU clouds, contractual airlock models and fully self-hosted open-source stacks against Schrems II and CLOUD Act exposure
Sovereign cloud is reframed as an architectural question around keys, encryption and zero-operator access rather than simple provider nationality
Analysts question whether labelled sovereign services genuinely shield European workloads from extraterritorial reach and large hyperscaler concentration
Sovereign cloud and digital sovereignty
Europe is moving from abstract sovereignty debate to concrete industrial policy, with France and Germany aligning on a “Buy European” stance and broader EU messaging reinforcing strategic autonomy
Hyperscalers respond with more explicit sovereign constructs, including AWS European Sovereign Cloud and Microsoft’s expanded sovereignty features such as Microsoft 365 Local and country-specific capabilities
Sovereignty is increasingly framed as a control and governance question rather than a location question, with legal exposure and operational authority emphasized
Public and defense sectors accelerate sovereign cloud adoption, highlighted by NATO’s air-gapped Google Cloud deal
EU increases competitive oversight with DMA-driven investigations targeting Amazon and Microsoft
European providers lean on sovereignty as differentiation, with OVHcloud and Deutsche Telekom positioned as autonomy enablers
New sovereign products and hubs emerge, including SAP’s EU AI Cloud, Soniox Sovereign Cloud, and the SovereignCloudHub in Munich
Sovereign cloud becomes a strategic filter for multi-cloud decisions, reducing risk from extra-territorial data access demands
Sovereignty narrative expands globally, with discussions on Canada’s digital sovereignty direction
AI and cloud infrastructure
AI infrastructure build-out accelerates globally, reshaping the tech economy and driving cloud platform investment
Europe links AI scaling to sovereignty and trust, pushing providers to pair capability with governance
AI readiness is now treated as a core pillar of cloud strategy, requiring modern data centers, GPU capacity, and production-grade AI platforms
FinOps and cost optimization
FinOps shifts from short-term savings to a long-term operating model, challenging assumptions about optimization plateauing
Practical levers remain critical, such as AWS logging/retention tuning, tagging discipline, and balancing cost vs performance
Governance integration increases, with FinOps linked to COBIT to strengthen accountability and visibility
Culture emerges as a major constraint and opportunity, requiring behavior-driven change to sustain results
Providers add FinOps features, but tooling still lags, boosting demand for partners to close execution gaps
Hybrid connectivity improvements like ExpressRoute Global Reach are framed as cost-neutral enablers reducing friction in mixed cloud and VMware estates
Data platforms, analytics, and architecture
Organizations continue hitting recurring cloud data traps, signaling the need for clearer architecture choices and business-led governance
Privacy-first modernization gains traction, illustrated by loyalty stack migrations to Google Cloud to improve relevance while tightening data standards
Partnerships, M&A, and ecosystem moves
Service providers consolidate to deepen cloud delivery capability, seen in Kyndryl’s intent to acquire Solvinity
Large retail transformation partnerships continue, such as TCS expanding work with ALDI DX
SAP ecosystems explore alternative CloudERP migration paths, with HPE positioned for customers seeking more control
Public-sector and enterprise collaboration themes continue, stressing multi-stakeholder alignment for sovereignty and transformation
Other cloud strategy and operations
Execution, not technology, becomes the main blocker, with mindset, translation, and cloud-native confidence cited as differentiators
AWS architecture fundamentals like CloudFront’s edge network remain essential for strong design literacy alongside strategy
Want to see the posts voices behind this summary?
This week’s roundup (CW 47/ 48) brings you the Best of LinkedIn on Cloud Insights:
→ 75 handpicked posts that cut through the noise
→ 37 fresh voices worth following
→ 1 deep dive you don’t want to miss