well, to inject a little bit of pragmatism here: most big enterprise companies (banking, finance, pharma, manufacturing, etc) have, regardless of their HQ, an

well, to inject a little bit of pragmatism here: most big enterprise companies (banking, finance, pharma, manufacturing, etc) have, regardless of their HQ, an office in the US. so, to be "protected", they would need to cut those office off completely. just sucks that the US market is one of the most important ones. so where else would you like to host? China? India? and what exactly guarantees your German super private cloud not to be attacked by: 1., The classic internal employee with a USB stick 2., The NSA which won't stop at some magic fluffy national border which doesn't even exist on the net. 3., The manufacturers of the hardware you're working on, from Chinese chips in your notebook to the components in your networking equipment. and don't get me started on ISPs. You want to be secure? Do not connect to the Internet, ever. Good luck in the economy though.