AWS European Sovereign Cloud to be operated by EU citizens
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Re: AWS European Sovereign Cloud to be operated by EU citizens
#2Interestingly, the title refers to citizens but the body only refers to residents:
> the AWS European Sovereign Cloud is operated only by personnel who are European Union (EU) residents located in the EU, subject to EU law.
Re: AWS European Sovereign Cloud to be operated by EU citizens
#3Interestingly, the title refers to citizens but the body only refers to residents: > the AWS European Sovereign Cloud is operated only by personnel who are European Union (EU) residents located in the EU, subject to EU law.
it also says this in article "we are adding EU citizenship to our hiring requirements "
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#4But it's still ultimately supporting a US company. The world needs a diversity of companies not just subsidiaries of the same few US companies.
Re: AWS European Sovereign Cloud to be operated by EU citizens
#5This sounds so weird. Is there a legal requirement for this?
Does this offer any type of real protection? Or is there a code of conduct that that intelligence agencies never hire people with foreign nationalities?
Re: AWS European Sovereign Cloud to be operated by EU citizens
#6But it's still ultimately supporting a US company. The world needs a diversity of companies not just subsidiaries of the same few US companies.
True. Someone should look into why all these companies tend to be started in the US, and not in the EU.
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#7But it's still ultimately supporting a US company. The world needs a diversity of companies not just subsidiaries of the same few US companies.
True. Someone should look into why all these companies tend to be started in the US, and not in the EU.
lol…try hire someone in Germany. You’ll get it in about 5 minutes.
Sincerely, someone in Canada who did this.
Re: AWS European Sovereign Cloud to be operated by EU citizens
#8But it's still ultimately supporting a US company. The world needs a diversity of companies not just subsidiaries of the same few US companies.
True. Someone should look into why all these companies tend to be started in the US, and not in the EU.
I think that's pretty straightforward. The US VC funding is far greater and easier to obtain than in Europe or other western nations. But it's a bit of a chicken and egg scenario. The US VC space exists partly because of the wild success of silicon valley. Once it got a significant lead it became a self re-enforcing system.
To compete, other countries need their own VC system which is a bit tricky. It requires likely a level of government funding or other incentives to get it off the ground and ramping up. Then also, you need to incentivize VCs to stay in your country.
At least my 2cents.
Re: AWS European Sovereign Cloud to be operated by EU citizens
#9AWS claims their cloud is "sovereign" and "independent" while remaining owned by a US corp subject to US law (including the CLOUD Act). That's not how sovereignty works.
EU citizen operators don't change the fact that the underlying technology, patents, and corporate control remain American.
Zero details on pricing, available services, or how they'll handle conflicts between US law and their "sovereignty" promises. For something launching next year, that's concerning.
Re: AWS European Sovereign Cloud to be operated by EU citizens
#10Interestingly, the title refers to citizens but the body only refers to residents: > the AWS European Sovereign Cloud is operated only by personnel who are European Union (EU) residents located in the EU, subject to EU law.
> subject to EU law
Always was. Its telling that they think that they were not previously subject to EU laws when their EU subsidiary did business with someone located in the EU.