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Digital Sovereignty
REPORT BETA

State of Digital Sovereignty of the Italian PA

Report in beta version: the data comes from MxMap.it and the first official measurement is not yet consolidated. The values are preliminary and continuously updated. Data last updated: 2026-06-14 — coverage 97%.

In summary

22,987 bodies of the Italian Public Administration registered in IndicePA were analysed. For each, the email provider and the jurisdiction to which it is subject were identified.

46% of bodies rely on providers subject to non-EU jurisdiction (e.g. CLOUD Act), against 51% on Italian providers.

The snapshot: provider sovereignty

Non-EU (CLOUD Act) · 10,586 bodies 46.1%
Italian · 11,772 bodies 51.2%
EU (non-Italian) · 0 bodies 0.0%
Unknown · 629 bodies 2.7%

Most common providers

Italian EU Non-EU Unknown

Italian provider · 7,722 bodies 33.6%
Google Workspace · 6,374 bodies 27.7%
Microsoft 365 · 4,203 bodies 18.3%
Self-hosted infrastructure · 3,096 bodies 13.5%
Italian cloud · 954 bodies 4.2%
Unknown · 629 bodies 2.7%
AWS · 7 bodies 0.0%
Zoho · 2 bodies 0.0%

By category of body

Share of bodies on non-EU providers, by category. Sorted from the most dependent.

Education · 8,403 bodies · Google Workspace 78%
Central government · 52 bodies · Microsoft 365 64%
Healthcare · 234 bodies · Microsoft 365 59%
Transport & Ports · 17 bodies · Microsoft 365 59%
Research · 68 bodies · Microsoft 365 56%
Regional agencies · 76 bodies · Microsoft 365 49%
Contracting authorities · 606 bodies · Microsoft 365 46%
Social security & assistance · 143 bodies · Microsoft 365 46%
Public service operators · 1,128 bodies · Microsoft 365 42%
Culture · 29 bodies · Italian provider 41%
Welfare & social policy · 468 bodies · Italian provider 28%
Environment & Territory · 272 bodies · Italian provider 28%
Local & regional authorities · 8,006 bodies · Italian provider 25%
Consortia & unions of local bodies · 1,464 bodies · Italian provider 24%
Professional bodies & Chambers · 2,021 bodies · Italian provider 22%
Data reliability

Average classification confidence: 85% · bodies with high-reliability classification: 91% · coverage: 97%. The methodology is documented and replicable.

Methodology: identification of the provider and jurisdiction from the DNS records of the PA domains (IndicePA). Details in the Methodology section. The raw data is from MxMap.it, released under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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State of Digital Sovereignty in the PA - June 2026 (DRAFT)

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