Europe is ditching US tech — what does this mean for researchers?

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05 June 2026

European governments are choosing European digital tools — and some universities and researchers are doing the same.

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Diana Kwon

Diana Kwon is a freelance science journalist based in Berlin.

Across Europe, governments are reducing their reliance on US technology companies. On 3 June, the European Commission laid out plans in the European Technological Sovereignty Package, which includes several proposals to enhance digital autonomy, including plans to boost home-grown cloud services and artificial intelligence and promote the use of open-source technologies.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-01610-9

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