How Can Europe Build a Competitive Alternative to US Hyperscalers❓

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Hello OpenNebula Community!

How can Europe build a competitive alternative to US hyperscalers? It’s a question many people across the European cloud ecosystem are asking today, and one we couldn’t ignore.

Recently, DatacenterDynamics published a strategic piece by Dr. Ignacio M. Llorente, our Managing Director, where he takes a close look at why many “sovereign cloud” efforts are still not delivering on their full promise.

:light_bulb: His key message: the real barrier isn’t infrastructure—it’s fragmentation. Closing the gap with hyperscalers will require stronger collaboration between cloud providers to build a more federated, interoperable model—what he calls a “virtual hyperscaler.”

The article offers an interesting perspective on the future of Europe’s cloud ecosystem and what’s needed to build a more competitive and sovereign digital infrastructure.

Read the full piece here: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/opinions/the-factors-driving-europes-sovereign-cloud-spending-surge/

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Yes the fragmentation is the real issue here

Europe has strong infrastructure, but its too split across providers

However hyperscalers win because they act like one system. A virtual hyperscaler only works if there are real shared standard otherwise it stays disconnected

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Hyperscalers aren’t needed. Their marketing budgets are what make them seem otherwise. I’d estimate there’s less than 0.1% of organisations in the world large enough to need hyperscaler level services, and they’d be mad not to be doing it themselves and saving big money in the process.