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.

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intothemild 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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

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fodkodrasz 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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...

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xnickb 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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

	▲	linux2647 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Agreed. I imagine they’ll announce an EU-only option later once they get more EU infrastructure in place

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nektro 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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.

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calvinmorrison 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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