[pvtmert]

Agreed that Govt/Military runs on AWS/Azure/whatever. They care about "security" in a "virtual" sense, but I presume soon we'll see requirements like: "Must Have: Missile Defence Perimeter" next to the "Must be FIPS compliant".

[dgxyz]

My partner works in that space.

Sovereignty and self-sufficiency are big topics. The US centric cloud at least is killing itself through geopolitical risks for gov customers outside the US. Literally number one operational risk now.

[mystraline]

Yep. Look at my last comment. Its exactly how to mitigate risk related to the nation you're in, in a data sense.

The country opposing the country you're in won't extradite.