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    <div class="moz-forward-container">Something is obnoxious only till
      the West adopts it! Once they do, the same thing becomes cutting
      edge thinking. parminder<br>
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        opens first cloud region in Spain to address local data
        sovereignty needs</h1>
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                box-shadow: none !important;">Google has officially
                opened its very first cloud region in Spain, nearly two
                years after<span> </span></span><a
href="https://www.telefonica.com/en/communication-room/google-cloud-and-telefonica-partner-to-accelerate-digital-transformation-for-spanish-businesses/"
                target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"
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                partner with Spanish telecom giant Telefónica.</span></p>
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                box-shadow: none !important;">The new region represents
                Google’s 33rd such location globally and promises
                low-latency data transfers and cloud services for
                businesses in the locale. The internet giant is also
                currently developing additional cloud regions for<span> </span></span><a
href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure/google-cloud-platform-region-updates"
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                box-shadow: none !important;">, Qatar and<span> </span></span><a
href="https://venturebeat.com/2020/12/21/google-announces-new-cloud-regions-for-germany-chile-and-saudi-arabia/"
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href="https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-plans-cloud-regions-in-columbus-ohio-and-dallas-texas/"
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                box-shadow: none !important;">Today’s news comes as
                Spain pushes on in its<span> </span></span><a
                href="https://www.ft.com/content/2af9039d-b2e1-4392-a5d3-cfb559f550f0"
                target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"
                data-pf_style_display="inline"
                data-pf_style_visibility="visible" style="box-sizing:
                border-box; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration:
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                manipulation; box-shadow: none !important;
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                  class="text-node" style="box-sizing: border-box;
                  box-shadow: none !important;">post-pandemic economic
                  recovery</span></a><span class="text-node"
                style="box-sizing: border-box; box-shadow: none
                !important;">, with Google arguing that a dedicated
                local cloud region will play a big part in the process.</span></p>
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                class="text-node" style="box-sizing: border-box;
                box-shadow: none !important;">“The new Madrid region
                offers Google Cloud’s unique global infrastructure
                locally, creating new opportunities for<span> </span></span><a
href="https://venturebeat.com/2021/05/11/digital-transformation-will-spur-economic-boom-in-2021-ceos-tell-gartner/"
                target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"
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                manipulation; box-shadow: none !important;
                overflow-wrap: break-word;" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                  class="text-node" style="box-sizing: border-box;
                  box-shadow: none !important;">digital transformation</span></a><span
                class="text-node" style="box-sizing: border-box;
                box-shadow: none !important;"><span> </span>across every
                industry and making it easier for organizations at any
                stage of their cloud journey to securely deliver faster,
                more reliable customer experiences,” the company wrote
                in a blog post.</span></p>
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                box-shadow: none !important;">Data sovereignty</span></h2>
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                class="text-node" style="box-sizing: border-box;
                box-shadow: none !important;">As one of the world’s
                largest telecom network providers, Telefónica represents
                a notable partner for Google as it looks to ingratiate
                itself to companies and policymakers across Spain by
                addressing concerns over digital autonomy and data
                sovereignty. Businesses need to adhere to local rules
                and regulations in terms of how they manage and store
                customer data. Indeed, the new Madrid region will lean
                on Telefónica’s existing infrastructure, while the duo
                will jointly develop a range of products using Google’s
                edge computing platform.</span></p>
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                class="text-node" style="box-sizing: border-box;
                box-shadow: none !important;">This also builds on
                similar local partnerships that Google has entered
                elsewhere in Europe,<span> </span></span><a
href="https://venturebeat.com/2021/09/08/google-taps-t-systems-to-offer-a-sovereign-cloud-for-german-organizations/"
                target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"
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                  class="text-node" style="box-sizing: border-box;
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                  T-Systems in Germany</span></a><span class="text-node"
                style="box-sizing: border-box; box-shadow: none
                !important;">.</span></p>
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                transformation also requires cloud services that meet
                regulatory compliance and digital governance
                requirements,” Google wrote. “In particular, highly
                regulated sectors like government, healthcare and
                financial services need additional controls to store
                data and run workloads locally.”</span></p>
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