David Eaves
@eaves.ca
Associate Prof & Deputy Co-Director at @iipp-ucl.bsky.social at UCL, Investment committee CoDevelop.fund, co-founder TeachingPublicService.digital.
Digital Government & Digital Public Infrastructure, ReCollect co-founder & CEO, Father, Negotiator & Learner
Digital Government & Digital Public Infrastructure, ReCollect co-founder & CEO, Father, Negotiator & Learner
On a parallel track I’m really excited about the engagement on this piece.
The Path to a Sovereign Tech Stack is Via a Commodified Tech Stack
www.techpolicy.press/the-path-to-...
The Path to a Sovereign Tech Stack is Via a Commodified Tech Stack
www.techpolicy.press/the-path-to-...
The Path to a Sovereign Tech Stack is Via a Commodified Tech Stack
Strategic standardization of cloud infrastructure backed by procurement power and market forces is the right way to tame the hyperscalers, writes David Eaves.
www.techpolicy.press
January 14, 2026 at 10:32 PM
On a parallel track I’m really excited about the engagement on this piece.
The Path to a Sovereign Tech Stack is Via a Commodified Tech Stack
www.techpolicy.press/the-path-to-...
The Path to a Sovereign Tech Stack is Via a Commodified Tech Stack
www.techpolicy.press/the-path-to-...
Also… hi! Great to see you!
January 14, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Also… hi! Great to see you!
Hmm. Link is working for me. But… it is using LinkedIn’s link shorten so maybe that’s mucking things up. Here’s the direct one:
www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s...
www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s...
Building tomorrow's digital public infrastructure
What is digital public infrastructure and what can the UK learn from global use cases?
www.chathamhouse.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Hmm. Link is working for me. But… it is using LinkedIn’s link shorten so maybe that’s mucking things up. Here’s the direct one:
www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s...
www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s...
Reposted by David Eaves
🆕 Launching the 2025 State of Digital Public Infrastructure (#DPI) Report
Join us for the official launch of the 2025 State of #DPI Report, featuring IIPP's @eaves.ca, @jordynfetter.bsky.social, and Krisstina Rao in conversation with Stela Mocan.
🔗 Learn more and register here: buff.ly/XpoNxPK
Join us for the official launch of the 2025 State of #DPI Report, featuring IIPP's @eaves.ca, @jordynfetter.bsky.social, and Krisstina Rao in conversation with Stela Mocan.
🔗 Learn more and register here: buff.ly/XpoNxPK
January 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
🆕 Launching the 2025 State of Digital Public Infrastructure (#DPI) Report
Join us for the official launch of the 2025 State of #DPI Report, featuring IIPP's @eaves.ca, @jordynfetter.bsky.social, and Krisstina Rao in conversation with Stela Mocan.
🔗 Learn more and register here: buff.ly/XpoNxPK
Join us for the official launch of the 2025 State of #DPI Report, featuring IIPP's @eaves.ca, @jordynfetter.bsky.social, and Krisstina Rao in conversation with Stela Mocan.
🔗 Learn more and register here: buff.ly/XpoNxPK
I'm chairing a @chathamhouse.org session "Building Tomorrow's Digital Public Infrastructure" Jan 22nd at 5:30pm UK. Register here for this hybrid event: lnkd.in/egkMuBmd
If you work on digital transformation, resilient digital systems, or the intersection of tech & sovereignty, join us!
If you work on digital transformation, resilient digital systems, or the intersection of tech & sovereignty, join us!
LinkedIn
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lnkd.in
January 14, 2026 at 1:48 PM
I'm chairing a @chathamhouse.org session "Building Tomorrow's Digital Public Infrastructure" Jan 22nd at 5:30pm UK. Register here for this hybrid event: lnkd.in/egkMuBmd
If you work on digital transformation, resilient digital systems, or the intersection of tech & sovereignty, join us!
If you work on digital transformation, resilient digital systems, or the intersection of tech & sovereignty, join us!
Love these. Notice that imports are dramatically up. Is that a cause of concern? Insufficient capacity leading to more imports? (and I'm assuming those are carbon based? - or are they wind or hydro)?
January 12, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Love these. Notice that imports are dramatically up. Is that a cause of concern? Insufficient capacity leading to more imports? (and I'm assuming those are carbon based? - or are they wind or hydro)?
Reposted by David Eaves
🆕 Governments need to build the capacity to become digital market shapers
In his latest @techpolicypress.bsky.social article, IIPP Co-Deputy Director @eaves.ca outlines how governments can shape the digital cloud market, drawing on historical examples.
🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/WLk4ynw
In his latest @techpolicypress.bsky.social article, IIPP Co-Deputy Director @eaves.ca outlines how governments can shape the digital cloud market, drawing on historical examples.
🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/WLk4ynw
January 9, 2026 at 9:30 AM
🆕 Governments need to build the capacity to become digital market shapers
In his latest @techpolicypress.bsky.social article, IIPP Co-Deputy Director @eaves.ca outlines how governments can shape the digital cloud market, drawing on historical examples.
🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/WLk4ynw
In his latest @techpolicypress.bsky.social article, IIPP Co-Deputy Director @eaves.ca outlines how governments can shape the digital cloud market, drawing on historical examples.
🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/WLk4ynw
I've said it before and this week has hammered it home.
Every country is going to get nuclear weapons now. In a world where might makes right, the ultimate form of might is now a non-negotiable. Korea, Japan, Poland, Ukraine are the obvious candidates that will move the fastest.
Every country is going to get nuclear weapons now. In a world where might makes right, the ultimate form of might is now a non-negotiable. Korea, Japan, Poland, Ukraine are the obvious candidates that will move the fastest.
January 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I've said it before and this week has hammered it home.
Every country is going to get nuclear weapons now. In a world where might makes right, the ultimate form of might is now a non-negotiable. Korea, Japan, Poland, Ukraine are the obvious candidates that will move the fastest.
Every country is going to get nuclear weapons now. In a world where might makes right, the ultimate form of might is now a non-negotiable. Korea, Japan, Poland, Ukraine are the obvious candidates that will move the fastest.
Excited about this piece and the reactions so far.
🆕 Governments need to build the capacity to become digital market shapers
In his latest @techpolicypress.bsky.social article, IIPP Co-Deputy Director @eaves.ca outlines how governments can shape the digital cloud market, drawing on historical examples.
🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/qt5rz60
In his latest @techpolicypress.bsky.social article, IIPP Co-Deputy Director @eaves.ca outlines how governments can shape the digital cloud market, drawing on historical examples.
🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/qt5rz60
December 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Excited about this piece and the reactions so far.
Reposted by David Eaves
🆕 Governments need to build the capacity to become digital market shapers
In his latest @techpolicypress.bsky.social article, IIPP Co-Deputy Director @eaves.ca outlines how governments can shape the digital cloud market, drawing on historical examples.
🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/qt5rz60
In his latest @techpolicypress.bsky.social article, IIPP Co-Deputy Director @eaves.ca outlines how governments can shape the digital cloud market, drawing on historical examples.
🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/qt5rz60
December 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🆕 Governments need to build the capacity to become digital market shapers
In his latest @techpolicypress.bsky.social article, IIPP Co-Deputy Director @eaves.ca outlines how governments can shape the digital cloud market, drawing on historical examples.
🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/qt5rz60
In his latest @techpolicypress.bsky.social article, IIPP Co-Deputy Director @eaves.ca outlines how governments can shape the digital cloud market, drawing on historical examples.
🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/qt5rz60
This is an effort to figure out what has happened to my 2022(!) tax refund, which is still outstanding, and has no update status (it simply disappeared a half year ago) when I log in.
Service design is hard. And I know the CRA team works hard. But we've got to figure this out for Canadians.
Service design is hard. And I know the CRA team works hard. But we've got to figure this out for Canadians.
Canada Revenue Agency: before calling us, please learn to define your problem in our terms & then wade through 36+ service areas, each with their responsibility set & phone number.
Also Canada Revenue Agency: Our work is so good we should be except from Treasury Board Rules about organizing content.
Also Canada Revenue Agency: Our work is so good we should be except from Treasury Board Rules about organizing content.
December 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is an effort to figure out what has happened to my 2022(!) tax refund, which is still outstanding, and has no update status (it simply disappeared a half year ago) when I log in.
Service design is hard. And I know the CRA team works hard. But we've got to figure this out for Canadians.
Service design is hard. And I know the CRA team works hard. But we've got to figure this out for Canadians.
Canada Revenue Agency: before calling us, please learn to define your problem in our terms & then wade through 36+ service areas, each with their responsibility set & phone number.
Also Canada Revenue Agency: Our work is so good we should be except from Treasury Board Rules about organizing content.
Also Canada Revenue Agency: Our work is so good we should be except from Treasury Board Rules about organizing content.
December 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Canada Revenue Agency: before calling us, please learn to define your problem in our terms & then wade through 36+ service areas, each with their responsibility set & phone number.
Also Canada Revenue Agency: Our work is so good we should be except from Treasury Board Rules about organizing content.
Also Canada Revenue Agency: Our work is so good we should be except from Treasury Board Rules about organizing content.
A lot of people read drafts and helped with thinking on this: @oli.zilla.org.uk @abadie.bsky.social @jordynfetter.bsky.social @tannock.net @seanblagsvedt.bsky.social and many many others...
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
A lot of people read drafts and helped with thinking on this: @oli.zilla.org.uk @abadie.bsky.social @jordynfetter.bsky.social @tannock.net @seanblagsvedt.bsky.social and many many others...
Governments aren't as weak as they think. They shaped railway markets in the 1800s, electricity in the 1900s. They have the precedent and leverage to reshape the cloud market today. Full piece on @techpolicypress.bsky.social
www.techpolicy.press/the-path-to-...
www.techpolicy.press/the-path-to-...
The Path to a Sovereign Tech Stack is Via a Commodified Tech Stack | TechPolicy.Press
Strategic standardization of cloud infrastructure backed by procurement power and market forces is the right way to tame the hyperscalers, writes David Eaves.
www.techpolicy.press
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Governments aren't as weak as they think. They shaped railway markets in the 1800s, electricity in the 1900s. They have the precedent and leverage to reshape the cloud market today. Full piece on @techpolicypress.bsky.social
www.techpolicy.press/the-path-to-...
www.techpolicy.press/the-path-to-...
The Pentagon's JEDI contract nearly did this before hyperscaler lobbying killed it. It would have used $10B in procurement to force interoperability.
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The Pentagon's JEDI contract nearly did this before hyperscaler lobbying killed it. It would have used $10B in procurement to force interoperability.
Two concrete starting points:
→ Mandate S3-compatible storage in government procurement (it's already the de facto standard)
→ Commodify essential platform services (payment, notification, identity) as open standards
→ Mandate S3-compatible storage in government procurement (it's already the de facto standard)
→ Commodify essential platform services (payment, notification, identity) as open standards
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Two concrete starting points:
→ Mandate S3-compatible storage in government procurement (it's already the de facto standard)
→ Commodify essential platform services (payment, notification, identity) as open standards
→ Mandate S3-compatible storage in government procurement (it's already the de facto standard)
→ Commodify essential platform services (payment, notification, identity) as open standards
But there's a third path. It's how governments tamed railways and electricity: strategic standardization through procurement power, not ownership.
The question isn't "Can we own our stack?" It's "Can we move our workloads?"
The question isn't "Can we own our stack?" It's "Can we move our workloads?"
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
But there's a third path. It's how governments tamed railways and electricity: strategic standardization through procurement power, not ownership.
The question isn't "Can we own our stack?" It's "Can we move our workloads?"
The question isn't "Can we own our stack?" It's "Can we move our workloads?"
Now governments have two bad options: 1. Accept permanent dependency on US companies 2. Spend billions on "sovereign clouds" that will be just as proprietary
For middle powers like Canada, Brazil, South Africa—& probably larger regions EU, Japan, India, neither works.
For middle powers like Canada, Brazil, South Africa—& probably larger regions EU, Japan, India, neither works.
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Now governments have two bad options: 1. Accept permanent dependency on US companies 2. Spend billions on "sovereign clouds" that will be just as proprietary
For middle powers like Canada, Brazil, South Africa—& probably larger regions EU, Japan, India, neither works.
For middle powers like Canada, Brazil, South Africa—& probably larger regions EU, Japan, India, neither works.
Here's the trap: US hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) control most of the world's cloud infrastructure. Their "original sin" was Microsoft refusing to make Azure storage compatible with AWS's S3 in 2008.
Lock-in wasn't a bug—it was the business model.
Lock-in wasn't a bug—it was the business model.
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Here's the trap: US hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) control most of the world's cloud infrastructure. Their "original sin" was Microsoft refusing to make Azure storage compatible with AWS's S3 in 2008.
Lock-in wasn't a bug—it was the business model.
Lock-in wasn't a bug—it was the business model.
In 1886, workers converted 14,000 miles of railway track in 36 hours. Today, moving a government's data or application from AWS to Azure may feel harder...
Something went very wrong with how we built the cloud. 🧵
www.techpolicy.press/the-path-to-...
Something went very wrong with how we built the cloud. 🧵
www.techpolicy.press/the-path-to-...
The Path to a Sovereign Tech Stack is Via a Commodified Tech Stack | TechPolicy.Press
Strategic standardization of cloud infrastructure backed by procurement power and market forces is the right way to tame the hyperscalers, writes David Eaves.
www.techpolicy.press
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
In 1886, workers converted 14,000 miles of railway track in 36 hours. Today, moving a government's data or application from AWS to Azure may feel harder...
Something went very wrong with how we built the cloud. 🧵
www.techpolicy.press/the-path-to-...
Something went very wrong with how we built the cloud. 🧵
www.techpolicy.press/the-path-to-...
In 1886, workers converted 14,000 miles of railway track in 36 hours. Today, moving your government's data from AWS to Azure may feel more complicated.
Something went very wrong with how we built the cloud. 🧵
Something went very wrong with how we built the cloud. 🧵
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
In 1886, workers converted 14,000 miles of railway track in 36 hours. Today, moving your government's data from AWS to Azure may feel more complicated.
Something went very wrong with how we built the cloud. 🧵
Something went very wrong with how we built the cloud. 🧵
@aircanada.bsky.social you should move the link to how to pay for wifi to the top (not bottom!) of this page: www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/ho...
It's actually pretty hard to figure out what to do once you're on your network but only have texting.
It's actually pretty hard to figure out what to do once you're on your network but only have texting.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
@aircanada.bsky.social you should move the link to how to pay for wifi to the top (not bottom!) of this page: www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/ho...
It's actually pretty hard to figure out what to do once you're on your network but only have texting.
It's actually pretty hard to figure out what to do once you're on your network but only have texting.
Reposted by David Eaves
🆕 2025 State of Digital Public Infrastructure Report
The latest report by IIPP Policy Fellow @jordynfetter.bsky.social, Research Fellow Krisstina Rao, and Professor @eaves.ca provides a unique insight into the global state of #DPI
🔗 Read the report: buff.ly/GadDwUy
🗺️ Discover the dpimap.org
The latest report by IIPP Policy Fellow @jordynfetter.bsky.social, Research Fellow Krisstina Rao, and Professor @eaves.ca provides a unique insight into the global state of #DPI
🔗 Read the report: buff.ly/GadDwUy
🗺️ Discover the dpimap.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🆕 2025 State of Digital Public Infrastructure Report
The latest report by IIPP Policy Fellow @jordynfetter.bsky.social, Research Fellow Krisstina Rao, and Professor @eaves.ca provides a unique insight into the global state of #DPI
🔗 Read the report: buff.ly/GadDwUy
🗺️ Discover the dpimap.org
The latest report by IIPP Policy Fellow @jordynfetter.bsky.social, Research Fellow Krisstina Rao, and Professor @eaves.ca provides a unique insight into the global state of #DPI
🔗 Read the report: buff.ly/GadDwUy
🗺️ Discover the dpimap.org