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Monthly Cybernote: November 2024
CPB: The Netherlands increasingly dependent on American cloud services
The CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis warns that the Netherlands and Europe are increasingly dependent on American cloud services, without available European or Dutch alternatives. This dependency poses a risk, especially if these services fail or in the event of incidents with data centers and internet connections. The new CPB report emphasizes that this interconnectedness offers opportunities in many technological areas, but at the same time also creates vulnerabilities.
The CPB writes in the report Kansen en Kwetsbaarheden: Economisch verwevenheid met de VS about the dependence of Europe and specifically the Netherlands on American technology. The CPB states that Europe is almost completely dependent on the United States for technologies such as cloud computing, quantum computing and artificial intelligence. For example, the market for cloud services is dominated by American giants such as Amazon, Microsoft and Google and even the smaller providers are usually American or Chinese, such as Oracle, IBM and Alibaba. European or Dutch alternatives are completely absent. According to the CPB, this lack of alternatives is the result of a lack of investment in emerging technologies, which is partly due to European geopolitical fragmentation. As a result, Dutch and European companies have missed the connection with developments in the field of cloud technology and artificial intelligence.
The Dominance of the US Cloud Market
According to the CPB, the dependency on the cloud is a particularly big risk. The 'big three' American tech companies dominate the global cloud market. European companies and governments have little control over how and where their data is stored and secured, which may cause problems in the area of data privacy and security. For example, if data is stored in American data centers, it is often unclear what happens to that data. At the same time, it appears to be more attractive for companies to 'purchase' cloud storage from these American providers, because setting up an alternative yourself entails high costs for infrastructure, management and implementation.
Risks of continued dependency
CPB notes that the Netherlands and the EU must prevent existing dependencies from developing into serious vulnerabilities. In the event of a failure of data centers or a disruption of internet connections, for example due to geopolitical conflicts or other international incidents, European companies and governments could experience major problems. Although the CPB report limits itself to identifying vulnerabilities, it indirectly calls for European and Dutch initiatives to invest in technology and gain more control over critical infrastructure.
Source: Tweakers.net and Security.nl, September 30, 2024.