Digital sovereignty

A digital sovereignty roadmap

Most European organisations rely heavily on US cloud platforms and AI technologies. While transatlantic cooperation has long provided a stable foundation, recent geopolitical developments have fundamentally changed the risk landscape. The geopolitical developments of recent years, however, have changed the situation fundamentally.

Evolver helps organisations understand their digital dependencies, assess the associated risks and build a pragmatic roadmap towards greater digital sovereignty.

Why digital sovereignty matters now

The US CLOUD Act obliges US service providers to hand over data in their possession to the authorities, regardless of where that data is physically located. EU data protection law, in turn, prohibits such disclosure without a proper legal basis. This contradiction is structural and cannot be resolved by contract.

At the same time, the EU regulatory environment landscape continues to evolve: the GDPR, the NIS2 Directive, the AI Act and the Data Act together create a framework in which organisations must understand and manage their digital dependencies more closely than before. The trend echoes the early history of the GDPR: organisations that prepare for change in advance get through the transition at significantly lower cost than those that react only when forced to.

It concerns the whole IT environment, not just AI

Digital sovereignty is often discussed in the context of AI alone. In reality, it extends across the entire technology stack: cloud infrastructure, databases, identity management, encryption, software development tools and AI. Every layer can introduce dependencies that affect resilience, regulatory compliance and operational continuity.

AI nevertheless deserves special attention. The most advanced language models are in the hands of US players, and the market for European alternatives is only just maturing. Replacing AI models requires careful evaluation and use-case-specific testing rather than a purely technical migration.

Evolver’s approach

Evolver assesses each layer of the technology stack to identify critical dependencies and distinguish them from acceptable ones. The project results in a comprehensive report covering the current state, the risk landscape and a practical roadmap addressing both infrastructure sovereignty and AI sovereignty.

Rather than prescribing a fixed migration plan, the roadmap is designed to evolve alongside technology, regulation and geopolitics. The roadmap is supported by an up-to-date reference framework that Evolver continuously maintains. Using proven methods and ready-made tools, the assessment can typically be completed in five consulting days.

Mylly.AI’s cloud-independent and model-independent architecture has been designed from the outset so that lock-in to providers outside the EU does not deepen. This is practical digital sovereignty already today.