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When I first learned that there were AWS Middle East regions, my first thought was "wow they are more optimistic than I am ."

• Cyph0n 7mo ago
  No, they are more aware of the customer demand for compute in the region.
  • alexfoo 7mo ago
    And demand for data sovereignty.
    • Cyph0n 7mo ago
      Absolutely, especially in the KSA.
    • pabs3 7mo ago
      Public cloud or cloud run by external organisations can never provide data sovereignty, by definition.
  • debo_ 7mo ago
    Yes of course. But they also have to know that concentrated compute is an attractive target for marauding countries that decide on a whim to bomb you from outside.
    • Cyph0n 7mo ago
      I think you mean when the US and Israel decide to start an unprovoked war “on a whim”.
      • debo_ 7mo ago
        Yes, that is exactly what I mean.
• toast0 7mo ago
  Google Cloud also has middle east locations. As does Azure, Oracle and Alibaba. Afaik, IBM Cloud does not. I think those five and AWS are the top 6 global public access clouds.