[rvnx]

It's a common confusion, but when you contract with Google Cloud, the service is provided by "Google Cloud EMEA Limited, Ireland", which is an European company, and when they provide you with a datacenter in Europe they are totally an European company operating in Europe.

This is different for example to DigitalOcean LLC, that is a US-entity providing service to European customers (this example has to be verified, but that's what I remember).

[openplatypus]

Google Cloud EMEA Limited, Ireland is subsidiary of US entity. It could just as well could be a US company with respect to privacy laws and regulations.

[baobob]

This is a distinction that will be increasingly lost on EU regulators, more so than it already is today.

[waffleiron]

It is lost on regulators due to CLOUD act. The parent company still can access the personal data stored by subsidiaries.