The Sovereign Cloud Moment Making the Right Strategic Moves

💡 What happens if a critical cloud provider suddenly becomes unavailable? At Nexus Luxembourg 2026, Stéphane Zema, Laurent Pulinckx, Denis Rouard and Abraham Takom explored why sovereign cloud is moving beyond compliance and becoming a question of resilience, competitiveness and strategic autonomy for Europe. The discussion centres on one increasingly important issue: dependency. In a changing geopolitical and cybersecurity environment, technological dependencies that once seemed acceptable can become vulnerabilities. Sovereignty therefore does not mean eliminating global providers, but understanding critical dependencies, creating alternatives and ensuring organisations can continue operating when disruption occurs. AI is accelerating that shift. As artificial intelligence moves deeper into business operations, questions around where data is stored, who can access it, where models are trained and where computing power resides become increasingly strategic. As Denis Rouard put it during the discussion, “AI is a business solution, not an IT solution.” The panel also examines the opportunity for Europe to strengthen its own digital ecosystem and technological competitiveness. Rather than relying on a single approach, organisations are likely to combine public cloud, sovereign cloud and local infrastructure, choosing environments according to the sensitivity and criticality of each workload. As sovereign cloud, cybersecurity and operational resilience increasingly converge, the discussion asks a fundamental question: how much control does Europe need over the digital infrastructure on which its economy depends? 🗣️ Speakers: Stéphane Zema — Advisory Director & Cloud Leader, PwC Luxembourg Laurent Pulinckx — CIO, Creos Luxembourg S.A. Denis Rouard — Enterprise Partner Lead, Microsoft Belgium Abraham Takom — Director, Core Platforms & Resilience Department, European Investment Bank 📍 Nexus Luxembourg 2026 | Luxexpo The Box, Luxembourg 👍 Like, Comment, and Subscribe for more talks, keynotes, and conversations from Nexus Luxembourg. Nexus Luxembourg 2027 — 9–10 March 2027 Building AI, Sovereignty & Growth for Europe www.nexusluxembourg.com #NexusLuxembourg #SovereignCloud #DigitalSovereignty #CloudComputing #ArtificialIntelligence #Cybersecurity #Microsoft #PwC #EIB #Europe #Luxembourg