Just learned that https://eurostack.eu/ is a European Industrial Policy initiative for Europe-focused investments to build and adopt suites of digital infrastructures.
This policy initiative is different from https://euro-stack.com/ done by a private company which published just yet another list of open source softwares. Be careful, it includes several non-european or open core only offerings, such as RocketChat or dead projects such as nua.
Digital flight from US providers is clearly becoming a concern at Amazon - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/sovereign-failover-design-for-digital-sovereignty-using-the-aws-european-sovereign-cloud/ "Organizations ... need to consider the impact of regulatory changes or geopolitical events on their access to cloud infrastructure. ... the AWS European Sovereign Cloud is a partition built entirely within the EU, launched in 2026." #digitalsovereignty #eurostack #aws
Pluralistic: Threads' margin is the Eurostack's opportunity (30 Jan 2026)
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/30/zucksauce/
Please read the article I linked in that toot, for more context.
Also, Europe and the rest of the world are moving away from closed source companies, run by Silicon Valley tech bros, and subject to the tyranny of the USA. #Eurostack is a rising trend as the world chooses #DigitalSovereignty and moves to #FOSS for the sake of its security.
If you think this is a short-term trend, please take a look at this tiny article I wrote 13 years ago:
Does the EU need a fully competitive alternative to US tech giants, or can we do something different? Join us in the #EUpolicy devroom all day Sunday (UA2118) @ #FOSDEM with André Rebentisch to find out!
#Eurostack #DigitalSovereignty #EUpol
[JM]
18/18 RT si ça vous a secoué. #SouveraineteNumerique #EuroStack #OpenSource
France is ditching Zoom and Microsoft Teams for a homegrown video platform
This is what digital sovereignty looks like in practice.
#Forgejo #SME #DigitalSovereignty #EuroStack #SelfHosted #HauntedLighthouseTech (2/2)
Breaking up with US tech — The European Correspondent
https://europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/breaking-up-with-us-tech
#europe #news #buyEuropean #eurostack #TheEuropeanCorrespondent @protonprivacy @european_alternatives @libreoffice @nextcloud @Vivaldi
> Bria: Den mächtigsten Hebel hat die Politik selbst in der Hand: die öffentliche Beschaffung. Europa gibt *jährlich zwei Billionen Euro* für öffentliche Aufträge aus. Wenn mit einer »Buy European«-Strategie nur die Hälfte der digitalen Ausgaben an europäische Anbieter ginge, würde das den Markt grundlegend verändern. Deutschland ist Europas industrieller Motor, was Berlin tut, beeinflusst den ganzen Kontinent.
#Beschaffung #eurostack #europeanAlternatives #Deutschland #DigitaleSouveränität
This was the best news I read this week: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/attepohjanmaa_vertics-irtisanoo-jenkkipilvet-valitsee-activity-7419627455818371073-Wu9W/
There is a shift happening. #eurostack
European Alternatives Portal
Bye, X: Europeans are launching their own social media platform, W
Germany Aims to Standardise ODF by 2027
Germany Aims to Standardise ODF by 2027
Open source's new mission: Rebuild a continent's tech stack
Should Europe boycott US tech over Greenland, and is it even possible?
As tensions over Greenland rise, some Europeans are asking whether it’s time to disentangle themselves from US tech dominance – but from smartphones to cloud services, rejecting US tech is easier said than done.
“It’s crazy that almost all of Europe’s public services run on US platforms like Microsoft or Google”.
#Europe #DigitalSovereignty #Technology #Cloud #EuroStack #Qwant #Mistral #LiberuxNexx
Inside Denmark’s struggle to break up with Silicon Valley
@BMDS Ihr braucht eine Webseite die so ähnlich aussieht wie diese hier für den #EuroStack: https://european-alternatives.eu/categories
Out of curiosity, I analysed Ecosia's infrastructure (through IPs and ASNs) to find out whether it is #European or not.
I was surprised to find that it relies on #AWS S3 for financial data reports (stored .json data), #Amazon Cloudfront for the Ecosia.org search, Fastly for blog.ecosia.org, #Cloudflare for the Ecosia.org homepage, #Google Ads and probably others.
In July 2025, they posted on their blog that 'digital #sovereignty is just #oneclickaway', stating that Europe's digital backbone is dependent on the US and all the problems this entails, such as a lack of control.
They also said, 'We've always believed that where you search matters' and 'Digital #sovereignty is climate action too', despite the fact that they depend on Big Tech themselves and use almost no EU infrastructure in practice.
As Ecosia is a signatory to the #EuroStack initiative, why haven't you migrated your infrastructure to #European solutions?
It is worrying to know that, by switching to Ecosia, practically 100% of my traffic goes through non-EU companies. I would like to see more independence on your part.
'Building and using local infrastructure means reducing transatlantic data traffic, increasing energy efficiency, and cutting down on the carbon footprint of cloud computing. Plus, tech companies that are based here are more likely to be held accountable to EU environmental standards. It's a win-win.’ – Ecosia Blog https://blog.ecosia.org/digital-sovereignty-is-just-oneclickaway/
#eu #ecosia #eurostack #sovereignty #privacy #bigtech #sustainability
