When Amazon Web Services (AWS) unveiled its new European Sovereign Cloud, designed to meet the region’s growing requirements for data sovereignty and regulatory control, it marked a significant milestone in Europe’s digital evolution. This week, that milestone moved closer to reality as AWS named euNetworks as one of the first official connectivity partners for the new, independent cloud region.
The AWS European Sovereign Cloud is located entirely within the European Union and has been purpose-built to address stringent demands around data residency, operational autonomy and resilience. For enterprises operating in highly regulated industries, these requirements are no longer abstract compliance concerns but critical foundations for digital growth. Connectivity, therefore, becomes a strategic enabler and that is where euNetworks steps in.
“Data sovereignty is one of the most critical topics for businesses right now, particularly in Europe where regulatory pressures continue to rise. Organisations need absolute confidence that their data is secure, compliant and under their control.”
— Marisa Trisolino, CEO, euNetworks
As a pan-European digital infrastructure provider underpinning much of the continent’s digital economy, euNetworks will deliver secure, private and direct connectivity into the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Through its Cloud Connect solution, the company enables high‑performance access between customer data centres and the new cloud region, ensuring data remains within EU borders while maintaining the availability and resilience modern businesses require.
euNetworks’ strength lies in its extensive regional footprint and deep metropolitan fibre assets, directly connecting more than 600 data centres across 53 cities in 17 countries. This data centre‑to‑data centre expertise positions the company to support AWS customers navigating an increasingly complex sovereignty landscape, where performance, security and regulatory assurance must coexist.
Speaking about the announcement, euNetworks CEO Marisa Trisolino highlighted the urgency of the challenge facing European organisations. She emphasised that data sovereignty is rapidly becoming one of the defining issues for enterprises across the EU, and that proven, high‑performance connectivity is essential to keeping data safe and compliant at scale.
As cloud adoption accelerates and governments tighten regulatory oversight, partnerships such as this signal a broader shift in Europe’s digital infrastructure. For AWS and euNetworks, the collaboration represents a shared commitment to giving organisations greater control over where their data lives, how it is accessed and how resilient it can be in an evolving digital economy.