'Trust cannot be claimed. It needs to be earned through our actions': Microsoft thinks it's doing pretty well in helping European firms manage
their data, despite sovereignty complaints

Date:
Fri, 01 May 2026 11:20:00 +0000

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In 2025 Microsoft set out five goals for itself in Europe now its EMEA heads say the company is on track for good progress.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Microsoft has invested billions across Europe in a bid to increase EU data center capacity by 40% The company is also helping to region boost resilience amid ongoing geopolitical shakeups Microsoft declares it wants to earn the trust of Europeans through hard work Amid ongoing accusations of anticompetitive behavior and antitrust investigations unravelling across at least six markets, Microsoft has given
us an update on its European sovereignty work and the five core principles it set itself last year.

In 2025, the company declared it would build a stronger AI and cloud
ecosystem in Europe, ensure digital resilience amid risky geopolitics,
protect European privacy, strengthen regional cybersecurity and boost
economic competitiveness but how has it fared so far? Per its own
assessments , it seems Microsoft is making significant headway on its continential push as it strives to increase its European datacenter capacity by 40%. Article continues below You may like How Europe is confronting its digital dependency problem Europe wants tech sovereignty but is this realistic? Dozens of European cloud CEOs call for real tech sovereignty ahead of Cloud and AI Development Act Microsoft says things are looking good for it in Europe Just within the past year, Microsoft has invested billions in new investments across Portugal (+$10 billion), Norway (+$6.2 billion) and the UK (+$30 billion), as well as expected existing data center footprints in Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Poloand and Switzerland.

Microsoft also noted that sovereignty means far more than data residency, acknowledging ongoing geopolitics and Europe's desire to stay connected even amid ongoing and rising tensions.

This is why, in government contracts, its Digital Resilience Commitment has become legally binding and why it's launched a partnership with Germany's Delos Cloud "to safeguard business continuity in Europe in times of crisis."

As well as its data privacy and cybersecurity efforts, Microsoft also claims to have contributed slightly less directly to European economic competitiveness by supporting local GitHub creators and launching a project
to "collect highquality speech and text datasets for Europes underrepresented languages." Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners
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"Trust cannot be claimed," EMEA President Samer Abu-Ltaif and EMEA VP &
Deputy General Counsel for Corporate External & Legal Affairs Jeff Bullwinkel concluded. "It needs to be earned through our actions, day by day." Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.



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