In EU, some sectors that are doing business with public institutions are effectively barred from using US clouds, esp. in education, as contracts tend to demand

In EU, some sectors that are doing business with public institutions are effectively barred from using US clouds, esp. in education, as contracts tend to demand a degree of control and assurement that no US hyperscaler or SaaS is going to give you. Also let's not forget that self-hosted still offers features SaaS does not, such as server hooks, which are absolutely not uncommon in grown environments based on gitolite etc looking to migrate.