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Cenk ◴[] No.45373771[source]
> 11,500 terabytes of Israeli military data – equivalent to approximately 200m hours of audio – was held in Microsoft’s Azure servers in the Netherlands
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dh2022 ◴[] No.45374428[source]
I wonder why IDC choose the Netherlands location. Microsoft has one Azure region in Israel itself: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/regions-...
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AlfredBarnes ◴[] No.45374640[source]
Why build something near or semi near conflict?
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serialNumber ◴[] No.45374831[source]
Valid question, but just look at the huge amount of R&D / the tech companies in Israel. Even if it’s near conflict, I don’t think companies care
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1. darkwater ◴[] No.45378305[source]
A company doesn't care. An army does.