The stark admission by a Microsoft executive before the French Senate—that the company “cannot guarantee” European cloud data is immune from U.S. government access, regardless of where it’s stored—has thrust the simmering debate over data sovereignty and the global dominance of hyperscale cloud...
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Microsoft’s latest push to expand its European data center capacity—coupled with a bold set of cybersecurity and sovereignty pledges—arrives at a turning point in the continent’s digital history. This campaign is not simply about technical expansion; it is a carefully calibrated response to the...
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