Digital Sovereignty Study 2026

Where Swiss companies are dependent

The study shows what being tied to IT providers costs and how prepared companies are to switch. ti&m and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts surveyed 200 organizations from more than 15 industries.

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73 % consider digital sovereignty important. Only around a third of them have a strategy for it.

Price increases are the most common harm actually experienced—not the loss of control over data that most organizations fear.

Despite its short time on the market, AI is already the fourth-largest driver of dependencies and costs.

Digital Sovereignty Study 2026: Dependent, but barely prepared

What else the study shows

Where the largest dependencies and price drivers lie, broken down by IT area
Which of four archetypes best describes your organization, from Followers to Sovereignty Leaders
How the industries compare
What role open source plays in the level of sovereignty
Specific recommendations depending on your starting point

About the study
The Digital Sovereignty Study 2026 was conducted by ti&m and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU). It assesses companies in terms of strategy and governance as well as operational implementation in the areas of data, technology, and operations.

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