"Amazon Web Services has launched its European Sovereign Cloud to general availability, marking a €7.8 billion investment in physically and logically separated infrastructure. The service, now available in Brandenburg, Germany, aims to address European regulatory requirements and growing geopolitical concerns about U.S. access to data. While AWS emphasizes that the cloud will be operated exclusively by EU residents under a new German parent company structure, significant questions persist about whether this separation can truly protect against U.S. government data requests."
"The infrastructure uses partition name aws-eusc and region name eusc-de-east-1, operating completely separately from AWS's global regions. All components, including dedicated IAM, billing systems, and Route 53 name servers using European Top-Level Domains, remain within EU borders. AWS European Sovereign Cloud GmbH, a new German parent company with three subsidiaries handling infrastructure, certificate management, and employment, manages the operations. Stéphane Israél, an EU citizen, serves as managing director alongside Stefan Hoechbauer, vice president of AWS Germany and Central Europe."
AWS has made the European Sovereign Cloud generally available in Brandenburg, Germany, backed by a €7.8 billion investment in physically and logically separated infrastructure. The service runs under partition aws-eusc and region eusc-de-east-1 and remains isolated from AWS global regions, with dedicated IAM, billing, and Route 53 name servers confined to EU borders. Operations are managed by AWS European Sovereign Cloud GmbH and three subsidiaries for infrastructure, certificates, and employment, led by Stéphane Israél and Stefan Hoechbauer. A deployed-engineer confirmed practical isolation but warned that strict separation slows debugging. Concerns persist about protection from U.S. government data requests.
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