Overview

• Brandenburg’s economy minister describes AWS’s €7.8 billion investment as a milestone for positioning the region among Germany’s leading IT locations.
• AWS has established a new parent company in Potsdam to oversee its European Sovereign Cloud.
• The parent company’s management team will consist entirely of EU citizens residing within the union.
• The cloud infrastructure will enable customers to control both the location and movement of their data.
• AWS plans to launch the Sovereign Cloud by the end of 2025 to address evolving EU security and privacy requirements.