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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has officially launched its European Sovereign Cloud, investing up to €7.8 billion to address security concerns and geopolitical issues. This new cloud service aims to reduce reliance on American cloud providers, which currently dominate 70% of the European market.

AWS has established a data center in Brandenburg, Germany, disconnected from its traditional cloud infrastructure, ensuring that European customer data remains within the EU. The Sovereign Cloud will be managed by European citizens and is designed to comply with EU regulations.

Initial Local Zones are planned for Portugal, Belgium, and the Netherlands. AWS intends to expand its services, which are expected to be priced competitively, but may be up to 15% higher than standard AWS offerings. The cloud targets the public sector and is seeing interest from private customers in countries like Switzerland, Germany, and France, with partners such as Adobe and SAP providing services.