The US Government cannot just "take" information from EU companies unless they are US based or a US subsidiary... whether this is legal or otherwise. Being in

The US Government cannot just "take" information from EU companies unless they are US based or a US subsidiary... whether this is legal or otherwise. Being in the EU gives us strong privacy and security laws and they seem to be about to get tougher in light of recent events from the NSA. There is also the perception element: The US Government cannot be trusted with data from non-US companies or citizens... this is what some of our clients have said to us and I have also read dozens of articles with hosting providers being asked the same questions from their clients. This will run and run and I believe that, for the EU at least, US cloud providers will not be considered for future projects. I am not sure how big this issue is in the US but in Europe it is massive and will not go away any time soon :(