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Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon cloud computing section Forming a new initial company Three subsidiary companies in Germany as part of a sovereign cloud launched by the company in the European Union.
AWS VP Kathrin Renz will work as the administrative manager of the mothers of the German company AWS, which will also be led by the European Union State Security and Privacy Officer, according to Amazon. The German company will supervise the new sovereign cloud, which was called AWS EuroPean Sovereign Cloud, to be launched by the end of 2025.
“All that is required to operate the European sovereign cloud AWS is in the European Union,” AWS wrote in a blog post. “In addition to the independent infrastructure, there will be no zero operating control outside the borders of the European Union; only AWS employees, who reside in the European Union, will control daily operations, including access to data centers, technical support and customer service for the European sovereign AWS cloud.”
An increasing number of technology giants and cloud service providers, including Amazon competitors Microsoft And Google offers European sovereign cloud programs, or a data residence. This helps its customers comply with the laws of local privacy and protect European data such as GDP and the Federal Data Protection Law in Germany.
AWS announced in May 2024 that it will invest 7.8 billion euros (about 8.8 billion dollars) to build the European sovereign AWS cloud in Germany until 2040, with the “first cloud region” that is traveling live in Brandenburg.
The European sovereign AWS cloud will display an infrastructure within the European Union and operate independently of the current cloud computing areas of AWS, according to Amazon. Amazon said that the customers who use it will be able to keep their data and data – including the configurations they use to operate AWS – in the European Union to comply with the laws and regulations in force.
In addition to the presence of new companies in Germany, AWS said it is establishing a consulting council consisting of European Union citizens and the dedicated European Security Center.
“(W) designed the European sovereign AWS cloud to address the requirements of European digital sovereignty while maintaining the service portfolio, security, reliability and performance that customers expect from AWS.” “Our investments in the European sovereign cloud AWS enhance our commitment to the future of Europe.”
Amazon found herself at the intersection of European organizers before for her failure to comply with the rules of European Union competition and data privacy rules.
In 2021, data monitoring in Luxembourg slapped the Amazon worth 746 million euros (about $ 849 million) similar to processing user data for the targeted advertisement without asking people’s approval. In 2022, AWS settle Check the fight against the European Union in how to misuse competitors’ sales data in favor of its products in an unfair way.