Amazon Web Services announced the general availability of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, a new cloud environment hosted entirely within the European Union and operated independently from other AWS regions. The platform is designed to meet stringent data sovereignty, security, and regulatory requirements for European governments and regulated enterprises.
The first region has launched in Brandenburg, Germany, with AWS planning to extend the footprint across the EU through sovereign AWS Local Zones in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Portugal. The cloud is physically and logically isolated, operated solely by EU-based staff, and governed under European legal frameworks. AWS said the environment can operate independently even during external connectivity disruptions.
The European Sovereign Cloud supports more than 90 AWS services at launch, including artificial intelligence, compute, storage, networking, and security offerings. It uses the AWS Nitro System and provides dedicated identity management, billing, and metadata systems that remain entirely within the EU.
The launch reflects growing demand for sovereign cloud infrastructure as AI adoption accelerates across public sector, healthcare, finance, and defense organizations in Europe.
