> Why did they not mandate national (or at least EU-based) hosting and infra ?
They did, and they moved to block the acquisition of the local company handling it. What's unclear in the article?
The "local" company is already UK owned though, so at most "European", not national or EU.
What I find strange is that the Dutch government does have its own datacenters, e.g. ODC-Noord (1), but they're still looking to outsource the hosting even after the current contract ends in 2027.
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They didn’t
> Currently, DigiD is partially managed by Solvinity, a company owned by a British investor
Britain is neither local nor in the EU
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