Armies, healthcare systems and intelligence services: 11 European countries already have multimillion-dollar contracts with Palantir

Eleven European countries already hold multimillion-dollar contracts with the US data-analytics firm Palantir, which supplies armies, healthcare systems and intelligence services across the continent. The piece, from EL PAÍS, includes a table of the government institutions that currently have contracts with the company.

In eight countries (Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Ukraine) Palantir has contracts with either the defense ministry or the armed forces. Its reach also extends to the intelligence services of Denmark, France, the UK and Ukraine. The UK is Palantir's largest market outside the United States, with contracts worth nearly £1 billion ($1.3 billion) signed between 2012 and 2025.

Denmark is a notable case. The National Police extended its use of Palantir's MSS system to Greenland, as the newspaper Børsen discovered, just as Donald Trump was threatening to annex the island. The Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) then labeled the US a threat, and the Danish military was ordered to abandon talks to purchase MSS and pursue a European alternative instead.

Spain's relationship with the company may soon end. Government sources told EL PAÍS that its contract expires at the end of this year and will not be renewed. A Spanish company will work to develop alternative technology, a decision the article describes as similar to one announced elsewhere; the text is cut off before saying where.

The reporting shows how deeply a single American vendor has become embedded in European defense, policing and intelligence, and how political tensions with Washington are beginning to push some governments toward European alternatives.