Overview
- Amazon Web Services activated its European Sovereign Cloud in Brandenburg, describing it as physically, logically and organizationally separate from global AWS operations and run by EU‑resident staff.
- AWS says the platform has no critical dependencies outside the EU, keeps data in Europe and is designed to continue operating if links to the United States are cut.
- Germany’s BSI welcomed the launch but said testing of disconnected operation has not yet occurred and that the agency will closely assess the cloud’s security and sovereignty features.
- AWS plans roughly €7.8 billion of investment in Brandenburg, initially leasing capacity before building dedicated data centers, with officials touting jobs and regional economic impact.
- About 90 of 240 AWS services are available at launch in the Brandenburg zone with additional Local Zones planned in the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal, as partners such as SAP target public sector and critical‑infrastructure customers amid ongoing debate over Cloud Act exposure and staffing trust criteria.