The Dutch parliament has approved several movements to create a national cloud and reduce its dependence on American cloud technology.
The Dutch parliamenthas approved several movements to solicit the government a Do not depend on the American cloud technology. The movementsDescribe the dependence of the Dutch government of American technology as “A threat to autonomy and computer security“From the country and ask the government to stop using these services.
The lawUS Cloud Actpromulgated by the President of the United States Donald Trump during his first term, allows the security forces to mention technological companies in the United States to access their cloud data to do it Helps to investigate serious crimes.
The Court of Auditors of the Netherlands discovered in January that many ministries used public clouds hosted GoogleMicrosoft Y Amazon Web Services Without being aware of the potential risks.
The Dutch government asks to create a national cloud
Although the debate on the Dutch suppliers of the Cloud services has been opened at least since 2022, the experts have declared “Euronews Next” that the problem has acquired a new urgency with the Trump’s second mandate.
Trump has not yet indicated that he will invoke the cloud law, but experts said they could ask cloud suppliers such as Google, Microsoft y Amazon Provide data from the Netherlands or that force these companies to stop providing their technology to the United States government. This could cause Important disorders in public services.
The Dutch government was also asked to prepare a strategy for Disconnect from American platforms. Another movementAsk the Government to convene a competition to create a national cloud under the “complete Dutch management” to store communications and data reserved among the departments.
He also asks the government to reconsider the use of Amazon web services to host the Internet domain of the Netherlands and give A preferential treatment in public offers for European companies.
