European organizations in highly regulated sectors such as finance, healthcare, and public administration face the ongoing challenge of innovating without compromising digital sovereignty or regulatory compliance. In this context, Red Hat has announced support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) on AWS’s new European sovereign cloud, which is now available as a foundational platform for workloads requiring high levels of control and compliance.
The AWS European sovereign cloud is an independent infrastructure specifically designed for public agencies and companies in regulated industries. It is fully operated by personnel based in the European Union and is exclusively governed by EU legislation, ensuring control over data, security, and digital sovereignty.
Red Hat emphasizes that digital sovereignty is not a one-time solution but a continuous strategy encompassing data and artificial intelligence, technology, supply chain, operational security, and regulatory compliance. In this regard, choosing the right infrastructure is crucial for establishing a foundation for secure and sustainable innovation.
RHEL provides a robust enterprise Linux platform with advanced security and stability features, designed to develop and scale applications in hybrid cloud environments. Built on open-source software, it also offers the transparency needed to reinforce the principles of digital sovereignty mandated by European regulations.
With this integration, organizations can run RHEL on AWS’s European sovereign cloud and develop environments with a strict security profile tailored to their regulatory needs. Additionally, applications built with RHEL in current AWS regions can be migrated to the European sovereign cloud, maintaining consistency across environments and simplifying management.
Through this initiative, Red Hat extends greater flexibility to European companies and agencies, enabling them to choose between the specific isolation of a sovereign cloud or the sovereignty controls embedded within existing AWS regions, based on their legal and operational requirements.