The European Commission's spending on U.S. hyperscalers in 2024

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Christina GENNET
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Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, I hereby request access to the following:

- A breakdown of all contracts, procurement agreements, or financial transactions concluded by the European Commission or its agencies in the year 2024 with: Microsoft, Amazon and Google (including subsidiaries)

- Total amount spent in 2024 by the European Commission (or on its behalf) on cloud, software, platform, or infrastructure services provided by the above-mentioned vendors.

- Any internal or external audits, evaluations, or risk assessments conducted in 2024 that discuss the Commission’s dependence on U.S. hyperscalers or potential data sovereignty implications.

I would appreciate if the information could be broken down by service type (e.g., office productivity, cloud infrastructure, AI services, data hosting, etc.), provider, and relevant Directorate-General (DG) or agency, if applicable.

I request access to the documents in electronic form.

Yours sincerely,

Mathieu Pollet
Rue de la Loi 62, 1000 Bruxelles
[email address]

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