Europe outsourced its digital backbone for decades. Today, that choice has become a strategic liability. Our new study shows how deep that dependency runs — starting with email, the gateway to every company’s stack. Let's unpack it 👇 1 / 8
Over 74% of all publicly listed European companies run their email, and therefore cloud, docs, AI workflows, on Google or Microsoft. That puts strategy decks, budgets, daily ops, and sensitive client data on servers governed by foreign laws. 2 / 8
When your company relies on US tech companies, you're not just outsourcing tech. You're exposing your organization to strategic risks that are out of your control: → AI models trained on your company’s data → CLOUD Act–enabled surveillance → No say over data location →
“Sovereign clouds” ≠ sovereignty Big Tech companies know this is an issue, which is why they claim to offer "sovereign clouds" with servers under EU jurisdiction. But if your data is on a server owned by a US company, US laws like the CLOUD Act give the US government access
Which countries rely most on US tech? 🇫🇷 France → 61% of companies (utilities 87%) 🇬🇧 UK → 75% overall 🇪🇸 Spain → 65% (5 sectors at 100%) 🇵🇹 Portugal → 65% (9 sectors at 100%) 🇮🇪 Ireland → 11 sectors at 100% These results should worry anyone who cares about Europe’s
Bottom line: Europe can’t control its future until it controls its data. If Europe wants digital sovereignty, and control over its future, it must start by controlling its data and digital services. This applies to individuals, companies, and countries alike. 6 / 8
Proton offers a European, privacy-first stack: Swiss HQ, European hosting, end-to-end encryption, zero-access architecture, open source, easy migration. We're also proud supporters of the #Eurostack, because one of the best ways to defend European values is to invest in European
📊 Explore the full interactive report → https://proton.me/business/eur... What surprised you most in the report? Share your thoughts in the comments below! 8 / 8
@ProtonPrivacy Please refute this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
@Stating3Obvious Proton's infrastructure is being diversified to Europe, so if the Swiss legal revision that we are opposing succeeds, Proton can't be held hostage by Switzerland by having all of our immovable server infrastructure stuck in the country. All of Proton remains under Swiss
@ProtonPrivacy How do we move beyond email?
@ProtonPrivacy Isn't Proton moving its infrastructure out of Switzerland to other EU cities? What are the implications for user data in the future? @grok
@ProtonPrivacy Deeply concerning. America is becoming as draconian as China right now. Its crazy.
@ProtonPrivacy But we're the "freest country on earth".
@ProtonPrivacy European Union wants our date and steal our privacy
@ProtonPrivacy Especially concerning when you consider the recent information about Chinese access to Microsoft contracted DOD systems...
@ProtonPrivacy @JDVance @SecRubio @SecScottBessent An interesting reliance…
@ProtonPrivacy so basically, europe’s email stack is running on “pls don’t spy” mode. time to hit ctrl+alt+delete on that.
@ProtonPrivacy Quite interesting. Good Post.
@ProtonPrivacy Europe is the worst nightmare. Even swiss laws are threatened by foreign actors. I'd rather keep my data in Florida than in UK. In twenty years Europe will be an Islamic caliphate.
@ProtonPrivacy In France, all medical data is managed by Microsoft.
@ProtonPrivacy Why are people saying your moving your servers to Europe
@ProtonPrivacy Travaillant dans une société suisse, on utilise aussi plusieurs solutions US (ex : système téléphonique). Notre outil principal est un logiciel interne pour la gestion des données, mais son développement est extrêmement coûteux. Connaissez-vous des alternatives 🇨🇭ou 🇪🇺
@ProtonPrivacy Europe first but watch out for that EU, they’ll undo all your good work
@ProtonPrivacy And people still say stuff like ‘l”The EU makes it impossible to do what Microsoft or Google do.” Gotta love how many are brainwashed by Big Tech into thinking EU privacy laws are the problem, just because companies can’t exploit user data freely anymore.
@ProtonPrivacy Proton keep exposing truth 🔥
@ProtonPrivacy Pls add Spreadsheets to Proton Drive
@ProtonPrivacy Europe will wake up, one day, most probably too late. Stay around, many will come and knock to your door sooner or later 🙏
@ProtonPrivacy Europe's GDPR and other short stories...
@ProtonPrivacy The big problema is european laws
@ProtonPrivacy @gchampeau cela devrait t'intéresser
@ProtonPrivacy what's your thoughts on the UK law with providing an ID?
@ProtonPrivacy Was this written 5 years ago? Europe is going full on totalitarian with anti privacy laws and even Switzerland is about to require ID for email and VPN accounts. Proton is already moving servers in anticipation