"Thierry Carrez, general manager of Linux Foundation Europe, emphasized that while technologies like confidential computing can encrypt data, they cannot prevent US government actions that could disrupt access to data hosted by American companies."
"Margrethe Vestager, the EU's former competition commissioner, stated that it is crucial for the EU to break its dependency on America, highlighting the risks posed by US executive orders on European data."
European governments and companies are increasingly focused on digital sovereignty, especially highlighted at KubeCon Europe 2026. The risk of US companies being compelled to comply with American government orders has raised skepticism about their reliability. Technologies like confidential computing cannot fully mitigate these risks. Initiatives like Microsoft's EU Data Boundary and AWS European Sovereign Cloud are being developed, but skepticism remains about their effectiveness against US executive orders. The EU is urged to reduce its dependency on American tech companies.
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