Reclaiming the Stack: Why Researchers and Nonprofits Are Building Their Own Digital Homes
Across American universities, independent research institutes, and mission-driven nonprofits, a quiet but consequential migration is underway. Institutions that once accepted proprietary cloud platforms as a necessary cost of doing business are now pooling resources, sharing code, and constructing their own digital infrastructure — driven by concerns about data sovereignty, escalating vendor costs, and the growing recognition that research independence and platform dependence are fundamentally i