Another example of the evolving landscape of government attitudes toward controlling information, its uses and its flows.*
From The Register, May 17:
It'll own the datacenters, but keep data and employees local
....MUCH MOREAWS is to invest €7.8 billion in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud in Germany and make the first AWS Region in the State of Brandenburg available to all customers by the end of 2025.
The move is the latest effort by US tech giants to retain revenue from the lucrative European market without running afoul of local regulations around sovereignty and privacy.
The Register understands that Amazon intends to build its own datacenters for the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, and all day-to-day operations and support will be managed by EU-based employees. While having local workers will make regulators happy, the specter of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) order might rattle a few nerves.
An AWS spokesperson told The Register: "In July 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision to finalize the new US-EU Data Privacy Framework, finding that the United States ensures an adequate level of protection, comparable to that of the European Union, including for laws such as FISA."
The €7.8 billion will come from investments in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud in Germany through 2040. AWS reckons the investment will add €17.2 billion to Germany's total GDP over that time....
*Earlier today: "Reuters Exclusive: Musk pushes plan for China data to power Tesla's AI ambitions (TSLA)"
