Europe Won’t Let U.S. Dominate Cloud With Rules to Curb HP: Tech

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European governments, determined not to lose another technology battle to the U.S., are giving domestic companies a leg-up in the cloud.

France set up a venture in November with companies including France Telecom SA and Thales SA to offer on-demand rental of hardware, software and applications that are “made in France.” The German government is working on stricter data-protection rules that would include as a criterion the location of servers that host often confidential and sensitive user data.