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Have to wonder how much of the push for more EU AWS regions comes from dealing with a potential exodus from the London region due Brexit (e.g. because of data protection issues)
I imagine the greater concern is the deep integration between the NSA, GCHQ and ISPs in the UK and USA.
Have to wonder how much of the push for more EU AWS regions comes from dealing with a potential exodus from the London region due Brexit (e.g. because of data protection issues)
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They aren't actually located in Stockholm, but close enough to use resources from the Stockholm Area. Supposedly the DCs will be located in Västerås, Eskilstuna and Katrineholm[0]. [0] http://digital.di.se/artikel/amazon-oppnar-tre-datacenter-i-...
I see, that makes more sense I guess. Still, I would've liked it if they put the DCs in Norr- or Västerbotten. I'm very partial though ;P
Seriously, we have companies willing to pay big money to use a region closer to us.
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I see, that makes more sense I guess. Still, I would've liked it if they put the DCs in Norr- or Västerbotten. I'm very partial though ;P
You're biased, you mean?
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As if any first-world government weren't already monitoring everyone as best they can?
AFAIK the US and UK share the databases access(or have an easy/fast way to share info - sorry I forgot where I got this information so I don't have a link tas a proof but I think is already a known fact) so hopefully NSA has to do more paperwork before asking other EU country for data.
That's a slightly awkward looking reference customer list (assuming that's what it is).
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I'm actually disappointed they went with Stockholm. Though I can understand why (proximity to a large pool of talent among other things).
Why would they need to be close to 'a large pool of talent' in order to run a bunch of hosting? It doesn't take that many people to run a hosting facility, the ones I'm familiar with are mostly deserted. They take people to set up and a large amount of capital but once that's done it takes very few people to run. Even the (very large) Google data centers typically do not employ more than 100 people, that's 30 people…
When will Africa get a region? Seriously, we have companies willing to pay big money to use a region closer to us.
This is essentially why my company doesn't target African markets, because our software requires a persistent internet connection.