Knut Michael Haugland

Founder building European cloud infrastructure with a focus on control, transparency and open systems.

Knut Michael Haugland

I am the founder of WAYSCloud AS, a Norwegian cloud and infrastructure company built on zero-knowledge architecture and customer-controlled encryption. We build infrastructure that stays in Europe, under European rules, with no vendor lock-in.

My work sits at the intersection of cloud architecture, operational security and digital sovereignty. I care about who controls the infrastructure that organisations depend on — and I believe that control should stay with the organisations themselves, not the platforms.

I write about the decisions, trade-offs and structures behind building reliable infrastructure at scale. Not theoretical. Based on what we build and operate.

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