From ambition to reality: Nebul joins Open Cloud Alliance to advance digital sovereignty

Nebul today announced that it has signed the Open Cloud Alliance manifesto, joining six leading Dutch cloud providers in a call for immediate government action on digital sovereignty. Together with Centric, Info Support, Intermax, KPN, Previder and Uniserver, Nebul is helping turn digital sovereignty from ambition into reality.

The manifesto was presented today at Nieuwspoort in The Hague to key policymakers, including Michiel Boots, Director-General for Economy and Digitalisation at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Member of Parliament Barbara Kathmann, and Nathan Ducastel, Chair of the Dutch Digitalisation Strategy Council. The initiative is supported by the Stichting Digitale Infrastructuur Nederland and TNO.

Digital sovereignty is no longer theoretical

For Nebul, digital sovereignty is not just a policy topic. It is about control, ownership, and responsibility. As long as critical government data and applications operate outside European jurisdiction, organizations risk losing control over their digital infrastructure. What was once considered a long-term concern has become an immediate and structural risk.

The alternative already exists

Nebul and its alliance partners emphasize that the alternative is already in place. The technology exists. The capacity exists. The expertise exists. Across the Netherlands, the alliance members operate sovereign cloud platforms under European jurisdiction, based on open standards and open architectures. These platforms can be deployed within weeks, enabling governments and enterprises to move critical workloads without long implementation cycles.

From dependency to control

The Open Cloud Alliance provides a concrete path away from dependency on non-European hyperscalers. By building on sovereign infrastructure, organizations regain control over their data, systems, and future. At the same time, investment remains within the European economy, strengthening local innovation, expertise, and resilience.

A call for immediate action

Nebul and the Open Cloud Alliance call on the Dutch government to act now:

• Make digital sovereignty a core criterion in public procurement
• Enforce strict requirements for data protection and security
• Adopt open standards to ensure interoperability and portability
• Begin migrating critical applications and data to sovereign platforms
• Strengthen public-private collaboration to scale infrastructure

Digital sovereignty is no longer a distant ambition. The foundation already exists — and it can be deployed today. The question is no longer whether it is possible, but whether we choose to act.

For more information and to download the full manifesto, visit: www.opencloudalliantie.nl