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Dear Sentinels

This week, we’re diving into the world of European Cloud and Data Sovereignty. Not exactly a light topic for a quick read, but we’ll give it a go. We’ll also have a look at how public funding can be used as a handy toolkit for judging the social, economic, and technological impacts of developing and keeping open source software projects afloat.

These days, data isn’t just a by-product of technology, it’s the main event, the currency everyone wants to get their hands on. For the EU, this means a big shift towards what they call 'data sovereignty', making sure that digital information created in Europe stays under European rules and values. With foreign tech giants and laws like the U.S. CLOUD Act poking their noses in, Europe has decided it’s not enough to just be the world’s referee. Now, the EU wants to take charge of its own digital fate, turning data governance from a box-ticking exercise into a top business and strategic priority.

This quest for digital independence goes well beyond the GDPR, which now feels almost quaint. These days, Europe is building its own 'European stack', a mix of infrastructure and regulation, with things like the Data Governance Act and the EuroStack framework leading the charge. The idea is to create decentralised data spaces and home grown cloud options, all while trying to keep Europe open for business with the rest of the world. It’s a tricky balancing act: protect privacy and strategic assets, but don’t end up sitting alone at the digital lunch table. Whether Europe can pull this off or ends up in splendid isolation remains to be seen.

But first, let’s have a look at what’s been happening around the web.