Does storing data in the EU make a cloud service sovereign?
Data residency is one dimension. The EU framework also considers operational control, legal exposure, technology dependencies, supply-chain autonomy and resilience. A local data center alone does not settle those questions.
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Cloud Sovereignty Is a Control Test, Not a Map PinEU cloud sovereignty means more than data location. Map operational control, legal exposure, dependencies and recovery for each workload.
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