3. Sovereign Europe

This article examines the concept of 'Sovereign Europe' in the context of building a European hyperscale cloud provider. It traces the history of hyperscale computing from the dot-com era to modern platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, emphasizing the compounding investment, tight integration of hardware/software, and feedback loops that make hyperscale difficult to replicate. The article argues that while technically possible, building a European hyperscaler requires more than just assembling components—it demands decades of learning, massive scale, and continuous optimization. It sets up a forthcoming discussion on mitigations and strategies for European sovereignty in cloud infrastructure, making it highly relevant to IT/technology topics such as cloud computing, infrastructure, and tech industry economics.