| ▲ | dh2022 7 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
I wonder why IDC choose the Netherlands location. Microsoft has one Azure region in Israel itself: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/regions-... | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | smileybarry 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
The Israel Azure region wasn't launched until 2023, and AFAIK has substantially less services available than the others. I know Google's Israel region doesn't have as many GPU options, for example. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | warrenmiller 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
might have something to do with the Netherlands being a large investor in Israel. the largest in the EU. It's responsible for two-thirds of EU investment in Israel. https://www.somo.nl/economic-sanctions-eu-is-israel-largest-... | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | honeycrispy 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Safer from ballistics | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | AlfredBarnes 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Why build something near or semi near conflict? | |||||||||||||||||
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