points by robin_reala 11 hours ago

Posted on the previous submission for this: it’s a good start, but from the article:

If what you need is a guarantee that your data remains only in the EU, we don’t have that, and we’d rather tell you directly than let you assume otherwise.

intothemild 11 hours ago

Wow they completely missed the ball on why people want reassurances that their data stays in the EU

  • xnickb 11 hours ago

    I think they just know what they can and can't guarantee.

    • linux2647 10 hours ago

      Agreed. I imagine they’ll announce an EU-only option later once they get more EU infrastructure in place

  • fodkodrasz 10 hours ago

    For me this is already a better value proposition, as less value add happens in the US. With the US being a perpetrator in trade war against the EU, even this matters. Everything counts, in large amounts...

  • nektro 7 hours ago

    they also said in the article it is dependent on them standing up a second EU region. this is simply an announcement of their first.

calvinmorrison 10 hours ago

One needs multiple data centers in europe for backup and DR, sounds like they have one