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
- From Eidsvoll to email: Norway's Constitution Day in a digital age On Norway's Constitution Day, WAYSCloud launched meil.no — a Norwegian productivity suite. May 17th is about self-determination, and in 2026 that also means digital infrastructure.
- Lørenskog-angrepet: Kommunens FAQ sier mer enn pressemeldingen Lørenskog kommune bekrefter at de har mottatt en melding fra aktøren bak dataangrepet og kjenner identiteten til angriperen. Kommunens egen FAQ avslører flere tekniske detaljer enn den første pressemeldingen.
- Two pipelines, one drift — how Norway is engineering the warrant out of digital intrusion The Norwegian Tax Administration copies whole phones in tax audits. DSOP-Politi pulls ten years of bank data in seconds. Neither pipeline has a court in the loop at the intrusion.