Artificial intelligence, remote computer, data center …: the American giant Microsoft announced Wednesday to strengthen its operations in Europe, in a context of a growing “geopolitical volatility”.
The American giant of “technology” promises to develop its data centers in “16 European countries” and help build an “artificial intelligence ecosystem” in the continent.
“An unlikely case”
Microsoft also undertakes to launch associations with “cloud” players, is remotely. Currently, the “cloud” market is largely dominated by US companies in the old continent. This strategic dependence is particularly questioned since Donald Trump’s return and his noise threats to Greenland, customs duties or Ukraine.
The fear is that Washington does not make its technological domination a weapon in its confrontation with Brussels if the transatlantic relationships, already at the bottom, deteriorated. And in particular that access to US servers is suddenly reduced if President Donald Trump, who approached the “technological” giants, decided to use this lever.
The president of Microsoft talks about this scenario in a blog post, published on Wednesday. “An improbable case,” he says, who promises “competing quickly and vigorously,” if he came to materialize.
“We are aware that this is a real concern for European citizens,” he added from Brussels. In its blog post, the president of Microsoft does not explicitly points to the White House tenant, but repeatedly deplores this context of “geopolitical volatility.”
Source: BFM TV
