Finland Shelves Plan to Move Election Data to Amazon Servers

Finland put on ice a plan to move its election platform to Amazon Web Services Inc., the latest development in Europe’s drive towards digital autonomy as trust in the US frays.

The Nordic country will keep its electoral system running on existing servers in Finland until after the April 2027 general election, according to an emailed statement on Tuesday. The timeout follows a Justice Ministry review of a decision to move to Amazon.com Inc’s cloud-based platform taken in the spring of 2025.