{"id":165084,"date":"2026-07-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=165084"},"modified":"2026-07-16T16:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:51:24","slug":"sovereign-hypercloud-hyperscaler-power-or-european-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/souveraene-hypercloud-hyperscaler-power-oder-europaeische-kontrolle\/","title":{"rendered":"Sovereign Hypercloud: Hyperscaler Power or European Control?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How should modern cloud services be structured to meet new market demands? 212 decision-makers from companies with more than 1,000 employees answered these and other questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geopolitics, an unpredictable U.S. trade policy, and concerns about extraterritorial data access have transformed digital sovereignty from a compliance issue into a strategic board-level topic. Four out of five respondents (80 percent) say they are expanding their IT infrastructure in Europe more aggressively in light of these challenges. At the same time, 72 percent acknowledge a structural dependence on hyperscalers\u2014particularly with regard to performance, stability, and cost-effectiveness. It is clear that hyperscalers are not being fundamentally questioned, but the framework conditions for their use are changing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to making cloud decisions, there are clear priorities: The most important criteria are performance and stability during peak loads. Close behind are data sovereignty and EU sovereignty, which are also clearly prioritized over considerations of scalability and cost. Sovereignty is therefore not a \u201enice-to-have\u201c but a central decision-making criterion, at least as important as technical performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201eThe idea of a sovereign hypercloud is not a<\/em>
an ideological counter-movement to the existing ones<\/em>
Offered by the major hyperscalers\u2014it is their logical<\/em>
\u201dFurther development in the context of European integration.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert Klimke,<\/strong>
Director of Advanced Cloud Solutions,
Valantic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Hybrid Cloud Challenges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many companies are currently caught between a rock and a hard place: While 73 percent are generally willing to use U.S. public clouds even for critical data, if sovereign hypercloud offerings from European providers were to offer a comparable level of security, 64 percent would prefer those.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, there is a significant lack of clarity: 73 percent of survey respondents view the U.S. Cloud Act as a major risk, and 69 percent cite a lack of insight into sovereign cloud offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to survey participants, for sovereign hyperscaler offerings to gain traction, they must meet a clearly defined set of criteria. At the top of the list is end-to-end encryption, followed by sovereign cloud certifications, a clear EU data boundary, and EU-only operations with European support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this context, sovereignty is not viewed as a single measure, but rather as a multi-layered architecture of trust comprising technical, organizational, and legal safeguards. A large majority also expects that a sovereign single hypercloud will significantly reduce the effort required by today\u2019s hybrid and multi-cloud landscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An Overview of Concerns Regarding U.S. Hyperscalers. Sample: 212 companies. Summary of responses categorized as \u201eVery Strong\u201c and \u201eSomewhat Strong.\u201c.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To the partner entry:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hyperscaler power or European control? German companies want both. According to the Valantic study \u201eSovereign Hypercloud,\u201c many companies are focusing on expanding their IT infrastructure in Europe to combine the performance of international hyperscalers with greater sovereignty.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2368,"featured_media":165086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[161,2,44495],"tags":[44395,39847,39,601,555,73,204,65,44551,27970,369,517,236,37297],"coauthors":[39720],"class_list":["post-165084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-szene","category-sap-nachrichten","category-mag-26-07","tag-btp","tag-ccoe","tag-cloud","tag-digitalisierung","tag-ecc","tag-erp","tag-europa","tag-hana","tag-hypercloud","tag-hyperscaler","tag-it","tag-s4","tag-sap","tag-valantic","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic.jpg",1000,450,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic-400x180.jpg",400,180,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic-768x346.jpg",768,346,true],"large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-100":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic-100x45.jpg",100,45,true],"image-480":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic-480x216.jpg",480,216,true],"image-640":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic-640x288.jpg",640,288,true],"image-720":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic-720x324.jpg",720,324,true],"image-960":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic-960x432.jpg",960,432,true],"image-1168":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-1440":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-1920":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic.jpg",1000,450,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic.jpg",1000,450,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic.jpg",1000,450,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic-18x8.jpg",18,8,true],"bricks_large_16x9":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_large_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic-600x270.jpg",600,270,true],"bricks_medium_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic-600x450.jpg",600,450,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2607_sz_valantic-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

Hyperscaler-Power oder europ\u00e4ische Kontrolle? Deutsche Unternehmen wollen beides. Laut der Valantic-Studie \u201eSouver\u00e4ne Hypercloud\u201c setzen viele Firmen auf den Ausbau ihrer IT-Infrastruktur in Europa, um die Leistungsf\u00e4higkeit internationaler Hyperscaler mit mehr Souver\u00e4nit\u00e4t zu verbinden.<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"Szene<\/a>, Community Nachrichten<\/a>, MAG 26-07<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"E3 Magazine","url":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/author\/e3_magazin\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2368"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165084"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165100,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165084\/revisions\/165100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165084"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=165084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}