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January 28, 2026

Trump 2.0 is driving a data centre boom across Europe

European cloud providers challenge US giants amid hostilities


Credit: White House and Unsplash

Donald Trump’s recent hostility towards European allies has renewed the region’s push for tech sovereignty, boosting demand for homegrown cloud services and accelerating the build-out of data centres across the continent.

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Picture of evroc's planned data centre in Stockholm.
A mock-up of one of Evroc's planned data centres in Stockholm.
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picture of Ruben Byron, CEO and founder of Datacrunch
Ruben Byron, CEO and founder of Datacrunch
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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

Martin Coulter

Martin Coulter is Sifted's news editor, based in London. You can follow him on LinkedIn and X

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