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philipallstartoday at 1:29 PM3 repliesview on HN

> For a lot of business customers, EU based hosting is not optional

They still use US clouds that can have information pulled by the US government.


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troyvittoday at 3:18 PM

FTA:

> So Mistral is developing its own data centers, starting with one outside Paris. Mensch projects it will have 200 megawatts of capacity by the end of 2027. Power from France’s state-owned nuclear plants will help, but the buildout could still cost an estimated $5 billion. Mensch tapped oil-rich Abu Dhabi and reportedly sought debt financing to help pay for it.

Though to your point it won't be running until 2027.

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hsuduebc2today at 2:19 PM

This is changing somehow. At least on a surface. For example Amazon have created European subsidiary completely managed by Europeans under European company thus under it's local jurisdiction.

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master-lincolntoday at 1:34 PM

We should forbid that if customer PII is involved

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