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The Dutch Central Bank is migrating from AWS to Schwarz Digits' European cloud platform (Stackit) to reduce geopolitical risk and dependency on American cloud providers, reflecting growing concerns about data sovereignty and regulatory exposure in the financial sector. While this move signals a strategic shift toward European alternatives driven by regulatory pressure and geopolitical tensions, IT organizations must carefully evaluate whether emerging European platforms can match the maturity, reliability, and feature parity of established hyperscalers—as evidenced by recent migration challenges in other regulated sectors. This decision will likely accelerate similar migrations among European financial institutions and regulated organizations, creating both competitive pressure on hyperscalers and implementation risks for organizations pursuing non-traditional cloud paths.