Britain’s Reliance on US Cloud Giants Alarms Its Politicians

Britain spent years lecturing about sovereignty and then stored the government in someone else's basement. The landlord has a key, and the lease is American law.

The UK’s dependence on big American cloud providers poses “a strategic and economic vulnerability” to the country, politicians warned, as US authorities have the power to switch off Britain’s public services or demand personal information under federal law.

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