Same in the Netherlands. There's still a long way to go

Australia here. Us too, even our supermarkets.

Same is Germany, already using it with the police

Sweden as well...

Switzerland isn't. Palantir even sued the Swiss newspaper that reported on it.

I feel for that poor, struggling startup. And their cute little CEO is just so earnest!

The idea is to ban foreign providers. So Palantir would be included.

PALANTIR is being peddled to several EU countries as a mass surveillance AI, and there seems to be little resistance from the governments. right wing govts would love to moniter ANTIFA dissidents.

The list was just to demonstrate the effects, yes it affects also Palantir. It would likely be very illegal to make legislation that affects only a selected few companies.

The EC insider sources told CNBC that the TSP could include a significant limitation for foreign cloud corporations when it comes to managing sensitive data.

To put it simply, US cloud giants such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Google could be restricted in their ability to process specific data types on behalf of public organizations, including financial, judicial, and health-related data.

Don't let perfection be the enemy of good. We both know morals is rarely why any government does anything.

I hope so too.

In other news:

The Ontario government is welcoming a multi-billion-dollar investment from Microsoft, as part of the company’s previously announced $19 billion commitment to Canada. Through this investment, Microsoft is expanding its cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure across Ontario, significantly scaling up the province’s computing capability while reinforcing Ontario’s position as a leader in the tech and digital economy. [...]

This expansion in Ontario will further bolster the reliability of its data infrastructure to strengthen the province’s domestic data capacity as more businesses begin to adopt and scale AI technologies. Through the company’s Community-First approach, Microsoft will also prioritize alignment with regional economic priorities, including advancing Ontario’s investment readiness and competitiveness, fostering the conditions for job creation and apprenticeships and laying the foundation for advanced AI innovation. (Apr 7, '26)

Canada can't at the moment, and its government has continued becoming more and more entrenched in US tech throughout 2025 and 2026. So, prepare to be disappointed. Most Canadians enjoyed the lip-service a bit, but didn't really care -- even things like the "Buy Local" and travel stuff is easing off already, even as the USA continues down its tech oligarch backed authoritarian villain arch.

BC for example, is likely losing its last Canadian-backend financial institution. The financial system regulators, and all the banks/credit unions, are 100% captured by US tech. Wealthsimple's growing like crazy, built as a cloud-first business within US tech ecosystems, with deep ties to companies like Oracle and Amazon, investing heavily in San Fran tech startups etc. If you had a Data sovereignty type law come in, the entire financial sector, a "critical industry", would disappear.

Seconded for UK. Anyone not reading the room right now and following the EU's lead is about to FAFO.

I do agree with most of this, but calling Rutte the mentor of Jetten is simply not true.

Most of what you say is, though.

Didn't the deal get cancelled?

Yeah that's bullshit, Microsoft already terrified that that means shit for data sovereignty as the US government can access that data whenever they want, even when it's in Europe, even when it's government data.

So fuck those solutions, and any sovereignty claims on that site are just plain lies. The data is stored in Europe, but that is a mere technicality as the US government can view it at any moment they want

Nha that’s not flying. The gag order thingy is still our problem with those « sovereign » clouds… it’s only sovereign until US gov decides it’s not anymore. See SCHREMS and his admirable endeavours.

This is doing that. When you are not allowed to use foreign cloud providers, you have to use local ones. So they get business and are able to develop new features.