Knut Michael Haugland
Founder building European cloud infrastructure with a focus on control, transparency and open systems.
About
I build cloud infrastructure in Europe, with a focus on control, transparency and long-term reliability.
I am the founder of WAYSCloud, where we design and operate infrastructure that remains within European jurisdictions and under customer control — without dependency on external platforms.
I care deeply about how infrastructure is built, who controls it, and what assumptions it is based on. For me, this is not just technical — it is about trust, responsibility and long-term sovereignty.
My work sits at the intersection of cloud architecture, operational security and digital sovereignty. I focus on how systems behave under real-world conditions, not just how they are designed on paper.
I believe Europe needs infrastructure that is transparent, predictable and independent — not only for compliance, but for resilience and long-term trust.
I write about the decisions, trade-offs and structures behind building and operating infrastructure at scale — based on practical experience, not theory.
I write primarily in English, with a focus on European infrastructure, sovereignty and systems.
Latest writing
- What today’s Oslo earthquake in Norway revealed about infrastructure Today’s earthquake in the Oslo region of Norway caused no major damage. That is exactly why it matters. It still exposed how quickly uncertainty can strain communication, public trust and the hidden layers of a modern city.
- Dina St Johnston and the independence we forgot Long before hyperscalers and platform lock-in, Dina St Johnston built Britain’s first independent software house. Europe should remember her.
- How “getting a hobby” turned into Radar Radar started as a joke about needing a hobby outside cloud infrastructure and became a small side project for making security advisories easier to read.