Various things have taken me to considering the EU stack, these include the issues raised in this article On cloud operating systems and security of supply and the Bastani/Hao interview. The EU is considering these issues, in defining an EU stack, which does include networks, storage, and systems (and thus presumably CPUs and ASICS).
The ORG are now campaigning on the grounds that US owned software can be denied to its foreign users. They have a petition.
Notes and Links
On the stack and why
- https://www.euro-stack.info/ and https://eurostack.eu/
- https://www.ceps.eu/a-bold-proposal-to-build-the-eurostack-because-doing-nothing-isnt-an-option-anymore/
- https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/our-projects/reframetech-algorithmen-fuers-gemeinwohl/project-news/eurostack-a-european-alternative-for-digital-sovereignty
On a more theoretical note, The race for ai sovereignty infrastructure identity and independence by P. Enrique Dans, on bluesky or on Medium. He concludes, “AI sovereignty is neither a technological whim nor an exercise in national pride: it is a reminder that if you don’t control the models that speak for you, you don’t control the future you will have to live in.” Much of his emphasis is on language and culture, just as mine is on accuracy within a regulatory context.
With a comment from Canada, by Emily Osborne, who says, “If Canada seeks genuine control over the physical and digital infrastructure that stores and transports information of its public, it cannot rely on US hyperscalers to provide it. These companies fall under US jurisdiction and, therefore, are subject to the 2018 CLOUD Act, which enables US authorities to access data they hold, even if that data is stored abroad.”
See also https://davelevy.info/wiki/opensource-cloud-oss/ where I discuss the opensource/european alternatives to the US datenkraken and among other things, say,
I say, that, it’s also fortunate for the UK, while Rachel Reeves cancelled Sunak’s supercomputing projects, that the previous Tory government agreed to rejoin the EU’s supercomputing consortium. She changed her mind, see https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/chancellor-restores-ps750-million-fund-edinburgh-supercomputer. June 2025
I was wondering about payment processors, and made this query, which also pointed at European alternatives.eu page on payment service providers which is missing Revolut and Wero.
While looking for a featured image, I found this article, https://www.europeandatajournalism.eu/internet-speed-in-europe/, which has this image, show
My bookmarks, tagged “itsovereignty”
I linked my diigo feed to this page todat.
More bookmarks, and a link to the ORG campaign against US/foreign software.
I added some lines about payment processors