Dutch government blocks US company from acquisition, citing ‘risk to public interest’

荷兰政府以“公共利益风险”为由，阻止美国公司进行收购

The Dutch government has blocked American IT giant Kyndryl from acquiring Solvinity, a Dutch cloud provider that hosts the Netherlands’ online identity platform. The government in The Hague said the deal poses a possible “risk to the public interest.” 荷兰政府已阻止美国 IT 巨头 Kyndryl 收购荷兰云服务提供商 Solvinity，后者托管着荷兰的在线身份验证平台。海牙政府表示，该交易可能构成“公共利益风险”。

Dutch minister for the digital economy Willemijn Aerdts said in a machine-translated letter published Monday that the government has imposed a “complete prohibition” on the acquisition. The deal would have allowed Kyndryl to buy Solvinity for an undisclosed sum. 荷兰数字经济大臣 Willemijn Aerdts 在周一发布的一封信件（经机器翻译）中表示，政府已对该收购案实施了“全面禁止”。根据原定协议，Kyndryl 本可以以未公开的价格收购 Solvinity。

Solvinity hosts a platform called DigiD, a service managed by the Dutch government that allows the country’s residents to verify their identity when accessing public services. The deal triggered fears that DigiD data would fall under foreign control and could be demanded by U.S. authorities. Solvinity 托管着名为 DigiD 的平台，这是一项由荷兰政府管理的公共服务，允许该国居民在访问公共服务时验证其身份。该交易引发了人们的担忧，即 DigiD 数据可能落入外国控制之下，并可能被美国当局索取。

While the Dutch government did not provide an explicit reason for blocking the acquisition, the move comes as several European countries are moving to reduce their reliance on U.S. technology giants at a time when the Trump administration has been increasingly unpredictable and retaliatory. 虽然荷兰政府并未提供阻止此次收购的具体理由，但此举正值多个欧洲国家试图减少对美国科技巨头依赖之际，而特朗普政府的政策正变得日益不可预测且具有报复性。

U.S. law allows government authorities, including law enforcement and intelligence agencies, to demand that U.S. companies turn over data held in overseas data centers, regardless of that country’s data protection laws. Politico first reported the news. Kyndryl told the publication that the company was “extremely disappointed” by the decision. 美国法律允许政府机构（包括执法和情报部门）要求美国公司移交其在海外数据中心存储的数据，而无需顾及所在国的数据保护法。Politico 最先报道了这一消息。Kyndryl 向该媒体表示，公司对这一决定感到“极其失望”。