European Union (EU) stories
AI is turbocharging Europe's data centre boom, but grid bottlenecks and power scarcity now threaten to slow the next wave of expansion.
SUSE has launched a 20-minute cloud sovereignty self-assessment for APAC firms, benchmarking them against the 2025 EU framework.
Data Privacy Day spotlights a shift from privacy promises to provable controls, as AI, governance and regulation demand accountable data use.
As quantum computing looms, nations race to build sovereign cyber and post-quantum encryption to safeguard critical digital infrastructure.
Adyen and Boston Consulting Group warn fragmented banking is sapping treasurers' time and cash visibility, urging consolidation of providers.
OpenAI deploys behavioural age prediction for ChatGPT as it prepares a 2026 adult mode, raising fresh privacy and child-safety concerns.
Ireland ends its data centre freeze with strict rules tying new projects to onsite power, renewables and a shift beyond Dublin's grid limits.
HMRC taps Netcompany to deliver Phase 6 of the New Computerised Transit System, upgrading UK transit customs in line with EU rules.
CrowdStrike has split North Korea-linked LABYRINTH CHOLLIMA into three units, two for crypto theft and one for industrial espionage.
Loop integrates Sendcloud into Ship by Loop 2.0, giving Shopify merchants wider UK and EU carrier choice for simpler, label-free returns.
ENCS and DIVD have agreed a new cyber pact to uncover and disclose vulnerabilities in Europe's high-impact energy and critical systems.
Cynomi expands its governance platform for MSPs with new NIS 2 tools for Croatia and Belgium and broader AI oversight across Europe.
Experts say the Stablecoin Act may be the right chance for Canada to catch up in the evolution of Web3 infrastructure.
Europe's cyber market grew 5.2% in 2025 as Italy and Poland surged, offsetting late-year declines in the UK and Germany.
Vyta Health's Vytalise shifts from Magento to a Shopify Plus DTC platform, launching a subscription-led eCommerce push across the UK and EU.
SUSE unveils a browser-based tool that scores EU cloud sovereignty compliance and delivers a risk and gap analysis in under 20 minutes.
Arcus Compliance founder Lee Bryan's new book urges start-ups to treat regulation as a strategic growth engine, not a drag on innovation.
Convera names Google Cloud veteran Meaghan Riley CCO as it posts double-digit growth and nearly USD $190 billion in annual turnover.
Deloitte predicts agentic AI boom, surging data centre and sovereign compute spend, and fast-shifting media habits by 2026.
OVHcloud partners with OpenNebula to launch certified sovereign cloud instances across EU data centres under the IPCEI-CIS framework.