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# UK faces £1bn cloud outage risk from US provider dependence
- URL: https://www.nupath.eu/uk-faces-1bn-cloud-outage-risk-from-us-provider-dependence/
- Published: 2026-07-09T14:17:24.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-09T14:22:19.000Z
- Author: Christian Triantafillou Schade
- Tags: News, United Kingdom

A report warns that over 60% of UK firms—80% of FTSE 100 companies—rely on a handful of US cloud regions, with a single outage potentially costing the economy over £1 billion in 24 hours. The findings highlight systemic digital sovereignty risks amid calls for diversification. **(THEREGISTER)**

[Britain's cloud habit has become a billion-pound riskAmid calls for digital sovereignty, a report warns that more than 60 percent of UK companies depend on cloud services for critical functions, and an outage in one or more of the big providers could prove costly.![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/07/09/britains-cloud-habit-has-become-a-billion-pound-risk/5269173&sz=64)The Register![](https://image.theregister.com/5265166.jpg?imageId=5265166&x=0&y=24.12&cropw=100&croph=75.88&panox=0&panoy=24.12&panow=100&panoh=75.88&width=1200&height=683)](https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/07/09/britains-cloud-habit-has-become-a-billion-pound-risk/5269173?ref=nupath.eu)