2025-06-10: Amazon wants to create a 'not so sovereign' sovereign cloud in German region deprived of water

Local politicians cheer Amazon announced plans to create a 'sovereign cloud' in Germany, but critics claim it might be not so sovereign at all. After all US laws do still apply to subsidiaries of Amazon. This would mean US intelligence services could still spy on Germany and European customer's data and or even black mail Europeans. Amazon plans building data centers in Brandenburg (Germany), a region suffering from a water shortage. The investment value will be about 8 billion Euros.