European cloud providers can only exist in niches at the moment:
- cheap but unreliable -> hetzner
- integrated into the DFN -> gwdg
- and so on
The market is captured by us companies. I doubt that this will change.
The reason is simply that the the number of clients that care for the problems described is small compared to the total market. If you run a company that caters to these clients, you will cater to a small market with special requirements.
Companies like that tend to be pricy and hence won’t take market share from Americans.
Change can be spurred on by law. If governments aren't allowed to use non-EU (or maybe specifically US) hosters a big enough investment could jumpstart it. I'm working for a semi-government organization who just switched over to kubernetes. That can be hosted anywhere, there's not really a moat.
The market is captured by us companies. I doubt that this will change.
The reason is simply that the the number of clients that care for the problems described is small compared to the total market. If you run a company that caters to these clients, you will cater to a small market with special requirements.
Companies like that tend to be pricy and hence won’t take market share from Americans.