In terms of alternatives, there is the Gaia-X initiative, "the new European data infrastructure project that aims to grow a sovereign and self-determined digital ecosystem in Europe." https://www.dotmagazine.online/issues/on-the-edge-building-the-foundations-for-the-future/gaia-x-a-vibrant-european-ecosystem
It's interesting to me that digital sovereignty is no longer just an issue for legal scholars or activists, but is very much appearing in "apolitical" industry publications, e.g. Continental Drift: Is Digital Sovereignty Splitting Global Data Centers? https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/regulation/continental-drift-digital-sovereignty-splitting-global-data-centers On Sat, 25 Jan 2020 at 06:33, Geert Lovink <ge...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > Dear nettimers, <....> # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject: