The Brussels' plan to reduce reliance on US hyperscalers has been accused of helping foreign cloud providers instead of local ones.
CISPE, a trade association of 38 European cloud providers, has criticized the EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework for being too vague, which may favor incumbents over local operators.
The framework "muddies the waters" by inventing an opaque "sovereignty score" that dilutes meaningful standards.
According to CISPE, officials need a clear definition of a sovereign cloud, but the current framework lacks it.
Author's summary: EU sovereignty plan criticized for favoring US cloud giants over local providers