UK government signals concern over cloud vendor concentration; sovereign resilience strategy under development

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A UK parliamentary committee has raised concerns about the government's reliance on US cloud providers (AWS, Microsoft, Google), which are estimated to supply up to 80% of public-sector cloud services. Recent major contracts include £473 million to AWS (HMRC tax data) and £400 million to Google Cloud (MOD communications). UK officials say they are working to strengthen resilience and improve cloud procurement, while the EU pursues sovereign alternatives.