Am I mistaken, or did MS have that with Deutsche Telekom running a special Azure zone on their behalf? The idea was that MS wouldn't be able to comply with US court orders because they weren't in control of that zone, and DT's German subsidiary running that operation wouldn't be in US jurisdiction.
As far as I know, they shut it down two years ago citing higher costs and operational issues.
I don’t know about that, but that’s how it works in China, at least. 21vianet is the operator for the Chinese Azure cloud, and presumably is fully accountable to Chinese law, not American.
As far as I know, they shut it down two years ago citing higher costs and operational issues.