Google carves out cloudy safe spaces for nations nervous about Uncle Sam's servers
Google has updated its sovereign cloud services, including an air-gapped solution for customers with strict data security and residency requirements, as customers grow uneasy over US digital dominance.
The tech giant first detailed a sovereign cloud capability some years ago, partnering with T-Systems in Germany to offer this to local customers. Similar arrangements followed where a regional provider offered sovereign cloud services powered by Google’s platform.
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