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Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 1 month ago

EU Seeks to Bar U.S. Tech Giants from Critical State Cloud Tenders, Leaked Documents Show

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EU Seeks to Bar U.S. Tech Giants from Critical State Cloud Tenders, Leaked Documents Show - Digital CxO
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The European Union is planning to introduce strict new criteria for cloud computing services in highly critical state tenders, a move that could effectively exclude U.S. tech giants Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Alphabet Inc.’s Google from lucrative government contracts, according to internal documents obtained by Reuters. The proposal is a core element of the European
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  • Gazza_of_the_Overflow@piefed.social
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    1 month ago

    Smart move

  • ramble81@lemmy.zip
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    Good

  • Im_old@lemmy.world
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    Yes, but https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/05/16/europe-built-sovereign-clouds-to-escape-us-control-then-forgot-about-the-processors/5237735

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    makes sense if you’ve read: https://www.itmagazine.ch/artikel/87259/Cloud_Act_in_Aktion_Microsoft_haendigt_Daten_von_Beamten_an_USA_aus.html (german)

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      German companies would absolutely love to be the cloud providers for Europe, but whenever a country allows another country to run their services in their cloud they are risking similar outcomes.

      The solution is for every country that is capable to deploy these services themselves. If they are not capable, then they should work towards becoming so.

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