# SIDN's planned move of domain registry functions to Amazon Web Services

DevFeed: [SIDN's planned move of domain registry functions to Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/het-hellende-vlak-van-sidn-s-commerciele-ambities-36421.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/hellend-vlak-sidn-europa/>)

Published: 2024-02-09T14:15:21Z

Content type: opinion

Language: nl

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

Topics: [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Internet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internet.md>)

Tags: [amazon-web-services-aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon-web-services-aws.md>), [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [autonomie](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/autonomie.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [internet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet.md>), [internet-governance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet-governance.md>), [policy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/policy.md>), [technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article examines SIDN's decision to move part of its Dutch domain registry operations to Amazon Web Services. It argues that the shift raises concerns about European digital autonomy, security, stability, and long-term dependence on large American cloud providers.

## Source excerpt

Door Corinne CathDr. Corinne Cath is an anthropologist of technology who studies the politics of Internet infrastructure. She is a recent graduate of the Oxford Internet Institute's PhD program (University of Oxford) and the Alan Turing Institute for data science. Previously, she worked on technology policy for human rights' organization ARTICLE 19 and the US House of Representatives. & Bert Hubert De Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland (SIDN) beheert het digitale kadaster van meer dan 6 miljoen '.