Infrastructure & network
Infrastructure & network Your VPN Swaps Your Watcher
On holiday, adverts promise anonymity and control over your data. A VPN provides one precise service and one only: it shifts who sees your traffic. Everything else is window dressing.
· 4 min
Latest analysis
Cloud & data
Cloud & data Medical confidentiality is like a set of Russian nesting dolls
A French unicorn at the center of a controversy over health data. The real issue isn’t its flag; it’s the chain of subcontractors behind every consultation, which, ultimately, may be subject to foreign law.
· 3 min
Software & open source
Software & open source Switching to Linux isn't enough
Open source offers real freedom, but it is limited. The issue of sovereignty isn't about proprietary versus open source: it's about which layer depends on whom, and whether we can break free from it.
· 8 min
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence Where is our Fable 5?
Every time a cutting-edge model is released, the question comes up again. It’s framed incorrectly: what Europe lacks isn’t talent—it’s the foundation. And not all applications need it.
· 6 min
Software & open source
VMware, Broadcom, and the Next Step
We suddenly realized the cost of relying on a single supplier. The lesson here isn't about Broadcom. It's that we had built our entire infrastructure around a single vendor, and we're now preparing to choose another one.
· 4 min
Artificial intelligence
Mistral is not the French OpenAI
We contrast Mistral with OpenAI just as we contrast OVH with AWS. In both cases, we think we’re comparing two competitors. We’re actually comparing two different business models.
· 6 min
Law & governance
Law & governance Legal sovereignty exists without territory
An embassy enforces a state’s laws on territory that is not its own. This model dates back several centuries; it works, and it sheds light on what “sovereign legal space” means in the digital age.
· 6 min
Law & governance
Owning shares does not mean making decisions
You take a stake in a strategic tech company and think you've bought power. What you've actually bought is a dividend. Power is found elsewhere—in the articles of incorporation.
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Cloud & data
The GDPR is not a shield for sovereignty
The GDPR is cited as proof of digital independence. This confuses an individual right with industrial policy. Two questions, two answers, and a knot to untangle.
· 6 min
Hardware & energy
Hardware & energy The blockchain is a layer of digital sovereignty
We talk about the cloud, data, and jurisdiction. We forget that all of this runs on electricity, and that electricity now depends on storage capacities beyond our control.
· 7 min
Cloud & data
‘Souverain’ is not a flag
People use the term ‘sovereign cloud’ as casually as they tick a box. Behind the term lies a profession, a law, and a single defining characteristic.
· 13 min
Infrastructure & network
DNS and NTP: The Two Dependencies That No One Monitors
While the debate rages over sovereign cloud, two protocols are holding everything else together. No one pays them any attention, yet they have clearly defined control points.
· 5 min
Infrastructure & network
The equipment manufacturer runs the network, not the flag
When we talk about a sovereign cloud, we tend to overlook the layer beneath it. The antennas, the routers, the core network—whoever manufactures them holds a key that the cloud provider doesn't have.
· 5 min
Hardware & energy
Sovereignty has a layer of silicon
The debate over the sovereign cloud assumes that we control the servers. Inside the servers are chips, and behind the chips lies a supply chain in which almost no link is European.
· 7 min