Finland Freezes Plan to Move Election Platform to AWS
Finland hits pause on migrating its election infrastructure to Amazon's cloud, keeping data on domestic servers through 2027.
Finland has put its planned migration of election infrastructure to Amazon Web Services on ice. The country will keep its election platform running on domestic servers through at least the 2027 general election.
The decision reflects growing unease in Europe over reliance on US-based cloud providers. Trust between European governments and American tech giants has been fraying, and Finland's move is the latest signal that the continent is rethinking where it parks its most sensitive systems.
Critically, this is a suspension — not a permanent cancellation. The door remains open for a future shift to AWS, but for now, Finland is prioritizing sovereignty over its election data.
The freeze fits a broader European pattern of pulling back from US cloud dependencies, particularly for government infrastructure where data security and national sovereignty are non-negotiable.