← Back to context Comment by gishh 3 months ago Using US VC dollars. Where their desks are isn’t really important. 4 comments gishh Reply data-ottawa 3 months ago Increasingly where the desks and servers are is critical.The cloud act and the current US administration doing things like sanctioning the ICC demonstrate why the locations of those desks is important. cycomanic 3 months ago That's such a silly argument. X, OpenAI and others have large Saudi investments. In the grant scheme of things the US is largely indebted to China and Japan. vintermann 3 months ago Currency is interchangeable. Location might not be. Glemkloksdjf 3 months ago An EU Company pays taxes in EU, has a EU mindset (worker laws etc.), focuses more on EU than other countries.And an EU company can't be forced by the US Gov to hand over data.
data-ottawa 3 months ago Increasingly where the desks and servers are is critical.The cloud act and the current US administration doing things like sanctioning the ICC demonstrate why the locations of those desks is important.
cycomanic 3 months ago That's such a silly argument. X, OpenAI and others have large Saudi investments. In the grant scheme of things the US is largely indebted to China and Japan.
Glemkloksdjf 3 months ago An EU Company pays taxes in EU, has a EU mindset (worker laws etc.), focuses more on EU than other countries.And an EU company can't be forced by the US Gov to hand over data.
Increasingly where the desks and servers are is critical.
The cloud act and the current US administration doing things like sanctioning the ICC demonstrate why the locations of those desks is important.
That's such a silly argument. X, OpenAI and others have large Saudi investments. In the grant scheme of things the US is largely indebted to China and Japan.
Currency is interchangeable. Location might not be.
An EU Company pays taxes in EU, has a EU mindset (worker laws etc.), focuses more on EU than other countries.
And an EU company can't be forced by the US Gov to hand over data.