There was an interesting article on "Australia's Strategy"[1] published by Stratfor I came across a couple of months ago that argued that Australia has such a h

There was an interesting article on "Australia's Strategy"[1] published by Stratfor I came across a couple of months ago that argued that Australia has such a huge dependence on access to sea lanes and shipping that it has made a great effort to stay friendly with the dominant naval superpowers. It would seem to me that an awful lot of their conclusions apply similarly to New Zealand[2], and the risks of pissing off the US will restrict the extent to which they could become a data-haven in the way some commentors here are describing. An operation the size of this new Mega will almost certainly rile up the US over IP issues, whether there's some element of plausible deniability over its intended use or not. [1] http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/australias-strategy http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/australias-strategy [2] Although I welcome anyone more informed to point out significant differences; I'm by no means an expert in/on any of this.