Why a Dutch Cloud ecosystem is the only sustainable strategy
The bill for hyperscaler Cloud is no longer an IT expense; it has become a boardroom risk. Four structural forces are simultaneously pushing in the same direction: rising costs driven by AI scarcity, stricter legislation such as NIS2, geopolitical exposure through the US CLOUD Act, and growing European demands for demonstrable digital autonomy. None of these forces is temporary. Together, they will determine the cost base and risk profile of every Cloud strategy in the years ahead.
For board members, the question is no longer whether workloads are distributed across multiple platforms – that is already happening: 73% of organisations combine Public and Private Cloud, while 64% work with multiple providers. The question is how to maintain control over this environment, and which architecture partner to work with.
In this whitepaper, we examine market developments through 2028, analyse the four forces putting pressure on your Cloud architecture, and show how a Dutch Cloud ecosystem, built on regulated and open-source foundations, provides a sustainable way forward.
Market context and trends 2026–2028
A data-driven view of the growth in global Cloud spending, the rise of Cloud repatriation (14% of organisations are moving workloads back from the Public Cloud), and the shift in Cloud strategies towards Hybrid and Multi-Cloud.
The four structural forces
An analysis of geopolitics (the reach of the US CLOUD Act), legislation (the NIS2 requirements for supply chain continuity), AI-driven hardware costs (the repricing of memory and storage driven by AI scarcity), and growing European demand for demonstrable digital autonomy.
The Dutch Cloud ecosystem
How Hybrid, Multi-Cloud, and a deliberate, per-workload architecture ("Cloud Smart") reinforce each other. Including a case study of a Dutch municipality that transitioned from a monolithic, outdated infrastructure to a sovereign, fully managed Kubernetes environment, with measurable results in development speed and time-to-market.
Boardroom agenda
Six concrete recommendations for assessing your Cloud architecture, plus a 2026–2028 roadmap that takes you from assessment to structured scaling and annual governance.
Would you like to understand where your organisation stands in relation to the four structural forces redefining the Cloud market, and what concrete steps they put on the boardroom agenda? Download the whitepaper below for direct access to the market analysis, six recommendations, and roadmap.
