FRANKFURT (Jan 15): Amazon's AWS launched a new cloud service located entirely in Europe on Thursday, addressing user concerns about the data security delivered by mainly US-based providers by offering the continent's own independent alternative. The AWS European Sovereign Cloud's data centres are physically and legally separate from the US-based company's other servers, the world's largest cloud provider said. The Cloud Act requires US-based providers to grant authorities access to data even if it is stored abroad. The other two major US cloud providers, Microsoft and Alphabet's Google, are also vying for customers with heightened data security requirements. Microsoft, upon request, stores the data of European customers exclusively in data centres located within Europe, while Google announced investments of 5.5 billion euros (US$6.41 billion) in German data centres last year.

Source: The Edge Markets January 15, 2026 07:10 UTC