SUSE launches new European digital sovereignty support service to meet surging demand

Wary of the US government and tech companies, the European Union (EU) has seen a surge in support for open source and Linux. In the last few months, local EU governments, including Lyon, France, the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, and Denmark, have begun their move to Linux and open-source software from Microsoft Windows and Office. Now, Luxembourg-based European open-source powerhouse SUSE is offering extensive support to businesses and governments that want to keep their IT infrastructure inside the European Union.

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The Digital Sovereignty movement is a big deal in Europe for a reason. Today, over 90% of European data currently resides on servers operated by non-EU and primarily American companies. This dependency exposes EU entities to data privacy, economic leverage, and potential risks of foreign surveillance.

As a result ...