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booi
let me guess.. regulatory capture?
fakedang
Maybe don't guess and read the article? European data sovereignty and CLOUD act.
guywithahat
But "European data sovereignty" is regulatory capture, although it sort of reads like they had a US parent company to attend y combinator and raise money, but are now moving fully to Berlin, which is what they intended from the start.
fakedang
The difference between data sovereignty and regulatory capture is that the populace generally wants data sovereignty. The populace does not want big corporations dictating the rules of the trade.
vrganj
> US laws, including the Cloud Act, have created concerns across the market that American authorities could seek access to customer data.

The CLOUD Act is becoming a bigger and bigger deal here in Europe. It definitely kills deals.

leonidasrup
"Is the CLOUD Act only applicable to U.S. cloud service providers?"

"No. The CLOUD Act applies to all electronic communication service or remote computing service providers that operate or have a legal presence in the U.S. For example, the CLOUD Act is also applicable to a cloud service provider that is headquartered in the EU and has operations in the United State"

https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/cloud-act/

1718627440
> also applicable to a cloud service provider that is headquartered in the EU and has operations in the United State(sic)

As if any company isn't going to create a subsidiary for that.

bananzamba
The difference is with European data stored by American companies
dalemhurley
Sovereign AI is going to be the next frontier. It’s apparent that all nations need to prepare themselves for possible challenges from foreign hyperscalers facing laws that are being rushed through to alleviate fear caused by fear mongers.
cyanydeez
dont you mean laws being completed ignored by hyperscalers?
gleezard
This is an amusing puff piece. I’m reading through it waiting for them to pull the other one.
thih9
It’s not surprising. With abrupt changes regarding tariffs, policies and AI in particular, US became increasingly unstable.

Perhaps trust could be regained if the country was renamed to Lower Canada by popular vote. I’m not sure anything else would help at this point.

alfiedotwtf
Unstable? I think you mean actively hostile… unless of course you’re Russia or North Korea
Georgelemental
Amazes me that, after the events of the past 3 years, so many people still think Russia is the major foreign influence on American politics.
techgnosis
Who are you implying it is? China? Iran? NK? Someone else?
ahf8Aithaex7Nai
Well, there's a pretty obvious answer that doesn't require a conspiracy theory, because the influence is well documented and, in many cases, isn't even denied or concealed by those being influenced.
Georgelemental
I'll give you a hint: many of our most prominent politicians openly proclaim that it is a religious Commandment from God Himself to do whatever that country's leaders want.
thih9
In case anyone else is not sure, I asked ChatGPT and it says Saudi Arabia is a match.

There you have it, it isn’t that hard to write the name of the country.