Technological sovereignty has long been debated as a European political ambition. However, it’s only now that the policy concept is rapidly becoming an operational reality: across Europe, geopolitical tensions, mounting regulatory pressure, and growing concerns around technological dependencies are reshaping how leadership teams think about sovereign AI models and infrastructure, cloud architecture, other layers of the tech stack, partnerships, and long-term operating models.
What was once treated as a policy discussion inside Brussels or a compliance topic for CIOs is increasingly turning into a CEO-level strategic question. Companies across Europe are reassessing fundamental assumptions about their technology stack. To better understand how they are navigating this transition, BCG and Statista conducted a study across various European countries between April and May 2026. What emerges from the data is a structurally fragmented picture: while companies broadly agree that sovereignty matters, they differ sharply in what they actually expect sovereignty to achieve.
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