German firm enthus highlights digital sovereignty for businesses
German technology company enthus GmbH emphasizes the growing importance of digital sovereignty for European businesses, particularly due to the US Cloud Act and the Schrems II ruling.
German IT service provider enthus GmbH has highlighted the significance of digital sovereignty for European companies. The firm states that the US CLOUD Act, the Schrems II ruling, and geopolitical uncertainty are making businesses increasingly reliant on U.S. hyperscalers, posing a strategic risk.
Digital sovereignty refers to a company's ability to independently control its data, systems, and digital infrastructure. This encompasses data location and access control, technological independence, operational control, legal clarity, and system resilience.
In practice, a sovereign cloud architecture means that a company's data remains in data centers located in Germany, operated by German or European legal entities. This prevents access to data under the US CLOUD Act or similar foreign laws. enthus offers a solution through its enthus cloud service, built on HPE GreenLake technology and operating exclusively within German data centers.
enthus advocates for a hybrid approach, where business-critical and sovereignty-relevant workloads are managed on private or sovereign infrastructure, while less critical and scalable workloads can be placed in the public cloud. HPE GreenLake enables a unified management console and cost transparency across all environments.