# European Cloud Modules

DevFeed: [European Cloud Modules](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/european-cloud-modules-36394.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/european-cloud-modules/>)

Published: 2025-07-05T15:00:52Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bert-hubert-s-writings.md>)

Topics: [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-services](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-services.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [services](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/services.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that Europe has strong hardware, network, storage, operating-system, and open-source capabilities but lacks providers of higher-level cloud services. It proposes creating shared, cloud-service-ready open-source software so European companies can build advanced services and address gaps in areas such as identity management, AI, and advanced databases.

## Source excerpt

Advanced cloud services are based on good hardware, decent software, and surrounding infrastructure that combines these both into solid solutions that can be provided as a business activity. Europe is good with operating the hardware. And surprisingly, we are also good with writing software. Much of the software used by the main cloud providers is based on open source, and lots of that open source is authored by European programmers. What we sorely lack here are providers of higher level cloud services, the kind that businesses clamor for.