Post by Hosted Power

Trends DataNews published an interesting study last week on how Belgian companies organise their cloud infrastructure. A few numbers that stuck: 63% consider European technological sovereignty very important. But only 13% actually make it a priority in their decisions. 30% of Belgian companies describe themselves as highly dependent on American cloud providers. For internationally active businesses, that number rises to 49%. And the most striking finding: only 5% mention avoiding vendor lock-in as a decisive criterion when choosing a technology partner. European alternatives get broad support in surveys, but in practice, the familiar American provider still wins. Understandable. But the risks - legal dependency, CLOUD Act exposure, lock-in that's hard to undo - tend to be underestimated until something goes wrong. At Hosted Power, we've spent years building the alternative: European infrastructure, open standards, no lock-in. Not because it's the easier path, but because we believe that where your data lives, and who has legal access to it should be a deliberate choice. The research suggests most companies actually agree. Acting on it is a different story. https://lnkd.in/ebQPXpTn