Cisco CEO Says Political Tensions Driving Data Sovereignty Push

Chuck Robbins during a Bloomberg Television interview at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22.Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg
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Cisco Systems Inc. Chief Executive Officer Chuck Robbins said he sees geopolitical tensions driving a push for data sovereignty that’s making his business more complex.

“The bigger issue we’re going to have to deal with is every country is going to want you to meet a certain set of requirements in order for you to operate there,” Robbins said in a Bloomberg TV interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “It has made business more complicated.”