Microsoft gets twitchy over talk of Europe’s tech independence www.theregister.com/2025/04/3…

Microsoft is responding to mounting “geopolitical and trade volatility” between the US administration and governments in Europe by pledging privacy safeguards for customers worried about using American hyperscalers, and vowing to fight the US government in court to protect Euro customers' data if needed.

Under Trump 2.0, some Europeans fear that storing their data in the bit barns of Microsoft, Google and AWS is no longer safe […] Dutch Parliamentarians have since passed eight motions that urge the government to abandon US-made technology for local alternatives.

“When necessary, we’re prepared to go to court,” [Smith] says. “We are confident of our legal rights to ensure continuous operation of our datacenters in Europe. And we are prepared to back this confidence with our contractual commitments to European governments.”