AWS forms EU-based cloud unit as customers fret

In a nod to European customers' growing mistrust of American hyperscalers, Amazon Web Services says it is establishing a new organization in the region "backed by strong technical controls, sovereign assurances, and legal protections." Ever since the Trump 2.0 administration assumed office and implemented an erratic and unprecedented foreign policy stance, including aggressive tariffs and threats to the national sovereignty of Greenland and Canada, customers in Europe have voiced unease about placing their data in the hands of big US tech companies. The Register understands that data sovereignty is now one of the primary questions that customers at European businesses ask sales reps at hyperscalers when they have conversations about new services. At the end of April, Microsoft responded to what it classified as "geopolitical and trade volatility" between the US and Europe by offering customers privacy safeguards and claiming it will fight the US government in court to protect custom ... Read full article.