The European Commission on Tuesday awarded a cloud services tender worth up to €180 million over six years to support EU institutions and agencies with sovereign cloud services from Europe-based providers.
KEY FACTS
- Contract value The tender is worth up to €180 million across six years.
- Vendors Four providers were selected, including Post Telecom, STACKIT, Scaleway and Proximus.
- Partnerships Post Telecom will work with CleverCloud and OVHcloud, while Proximus joins through S3NS, Clarence and Mistral.
- Selection basis The European Commission press release said the awards were tied to its Cloud Sovereignty Framework.
The tender was launched in October 2025 under the Commission’s Cloud III Dynamic Purchasing System. Officials said the selected providers matched the framework across eight objectives covering strategic, legal, operational and environmental factors, plus supply chain transparency, technological openness, security and compliance with EU law.
Post Telecom was selected with CleverCloud and OVHcloud, while STACKIT and Scaleway won contracts on their own. Proximus joined the list through partnerships with S3NS, a joint venture of Thales and Google Cloud, Clarence and Mistral.
The Commission said providers had to show that non-EU third parties had limited influence over the technologies and services involved. It said the contracts are meant to diversify supply and reduce reliance on a single provider.
Next steps include updating the Cloud Sovereignty Framework with more detailed assessment criteria and applying the standards within the Commission’s own digital services. The disclosure also said the Commission is preparing a Tech Sovereignty package with an Open Source strategy, Chips Act 2, a roadmap for digitalisation and AI in energy, and a Cloud and AI Development Act.
WHY IT MATTERS
The contracts give EU bodies access to cloud services designed to meet sovereignty requirements while spreading work across several providers. The move also signals how the Commission plans to use procurement and new policy measures to push broader compliance with its cloud standards.