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US enterprise services provider Kyndryl tried to acquire Dutch cloud specialist Solvinity, but The Hague has officially stopped the acquisition. Citing a potential security risk to the country's public interest, State Secretary for Digital Economy Willemijn Aerdts recently confirmed the takeover ban. The decision anticipates a potentially disruptive initiative designed to further promote European sovereignty in the digital market.

As far as technology is concerned, US and Europe are growing apart at an accelerated rate. EU authorities are working to build their own digital sovereignty, while member states are now actively pushing foreign buyers away when it comes to local service providers.

Kyndryl first announced the acquisition in November 2025, saying Solvinity would expand its portfolio of mission-critical enterprise and cloud services. Solvinity operates secure managed cloud platforms and supports key Dutch digital systems, including DigiD, the authentication platform widely used by Dutch citizens.

DigiD allows users to confirm their identity when interacting with public institutions and essential services, from booking medical appointments to completing housing-related transactions. Following a review by the Investment Screening Bureau (BTI), Dutch officials concluded that allowing the acquisition to proceed could weaken the country's control over an important part of its domestic cloud ecosystem.

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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago

As the platform is used for residents and citizens to auth to government services, the entire thing should be government owned.

[-] roserose56@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago

Nothing wrong with that, its a National interest.

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago

Fuck yeah. National governments should only be using opensource and developing it themselves. Fuck importing privately owned tech. That's just a security risk.

[-] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

It's still a private company for some reason, but at least it's staying a Dutch one instead of moving to America

[-] docus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago
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