Tech giants warn Europe ditching their cloud services could cost billions — but then they would say that
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The gap between the EU’s own €18B estimate and industry’s €115–233B projection is the real story—cost modeling is now a lobbying weapon in the sovereignty fight. If you operate in Europe, assume more political pressure for local options and bake exit/portability into your cloud architecture now.
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