https://www.sakurasky.com/tags/series-european-platform/Recent content in Series-European-Platform on Sakura Sky: Cloud, Data, SecurityHugoen-USSakura SkyWed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400https://www.sakurasky.com/blog/european-platform-data-act-switching-part-1/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400https://www.sakurasky.com/blog/european-platform-data-act-switching-part-1/<style> .series-pull-quote { float: right; clear: both; width: 340px; margin-left: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; border: 1px solid #e9ecef; border-radius: 6px; overflow: hidden; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative; z-index: 20; } @media (max-width: 768px) { .series-pull-quote { float: none; clear: both; width: 100%; margin-left: 0; } } .series-header { background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #6c757d; font-size: 0.65rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.05em; padding: 0.8rem 1.25rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #e9ecef; } .part-label { display: block; font-size: 0.6rem; color: #adb5bd; margin-bottom: 0.15rem; text-transform: uppercase; } .nav-link-text { font-size: 0.85rem; line-height: 1.4; color: #495057; text-decoration: none; position: relative; z-index: 21; } .active-part { border-left: 4px solid #000 !important; background-color: #ffffff !important; } .active-part .nav-link-text { font-size: 0.9rem; font-weight: 700; color: #212529; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px; } .locked-part .nav-link-text { color: #ced4da; } .list-group-item { border-bottom: 1px solid #f8f9fa; padding: 1rem 1.25rem !important; } </style> <aside class="series-pull-quote shadow-sm"> <div class="series-header"> READ MORE IN THIS SERIES </div> <div class="list-group list-group-flush"> <div class="list-group-item active-part "> <div class="d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center"> <div> <a href="https://www.sakurasky.com/blog/european-platform-data-act-switching-part-1/" class="nav-link-text">Part 1 - What the Data Act Actually Changes on 12 January 2027</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="list-group-item locked-part"> <div class="d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center"> <div> <span class="nav-link-text">Part 2 - Exit as a Design Property</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="list-group-item locked-part"> <div class="d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center"> <div> <span class="nav-link-text">Part 3 - The Control Plane Is the Residency Question</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="list-group-item locked-part"> <div class="d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center"> <div> <span class="nav-link-text">Part 4 - How to Run a Cloud Benchmark Someone Should Believe</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="list-group-item locked-part"> <div class="d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center"> <div> <span class="nav-link-text">Part 5 - The Questionnaire Is Coming from Inside the Supply Chain</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="list-group-item locked-part"> <div class="d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center"> <div> <span class="nav-link-text">Part 6 - The UK Rules Behind Your Customer&#39;s Supplier Questionnaire</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="list-group-item locked-part"> <div class="d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center"> <div> <span class="nav-link-text">Part 7 - DORA&#39;s Third-Party Rules, from Register to Exit</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </aside> <p>If you buy cloud services in the EU, you have probably heard that cloud exit fees end on 12 January 2027. For the one-off move of a service&rsquo;s data to another provider, that is broadly right. The traffic that crosses between providers while you run both, and the traffic to your own users, are governed by other rules, and on a long migration they can be the larger part of the bill.</p>