Amazon launches a "sovereign cloud" service to EU government agencies to store data locally

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens, soft media users 1520111, Alejandro86 for the delivery of clues! On the evening of October 25, Beijing time, Amazon's cloud computing department announced on Wednesday that it would launch a "sovereign independent cloud" service in Europe, which will mainly target government agencies in EU countries. and some special industries that are highly regulated by the government.

Amazon's cloud computing department said in a statement that in EU sovereign independent cloud services, all data will be stored on web servers located in the EU. In addition, only Amazon cloud computing employees with EU national citizenship can control business operations and provide technical support.

The European Union is in the forefront of the world in terms of Internet privacy protection and network security legislation. Last year, the EU's privacy protection agency launched a special investigation to find out whether EU government agencies comply with EU privacy laws when using the cloud computing services of Internet companies.

Traditionally, enterprises or government departments have set up network computer rooms and business software systems internally, but now cloud computing has set off a wave of new technologies around the world, and enterprises and governments are more likely to use public cloud services provided by large technology companies.

Previously, other cloud computing service providers in the United States, such as Microsoft and Oracle, also launched special cloud computing services specifically for customers of government agencies in the European Union.

Amazon's cloud computing department said the above-mentioned "EU sovereign independent cloud service" will first be launched in Germany, and then will cover more customers in the EU.