{"id":7046,"date":"2025-07-10T22:05:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T02:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/?p=7046"},"modified":"2025-07-10T21:21:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T01:21:30","slug":"google-cloud-promises-uk-ai-data-control-but-questions-over-access-remain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/google-cloud-promises-uk-ai-data-control-but-questions-over-access-remain\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Cloud promises UK AI data control but questions over access remain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/google-cloud-trips-over-its-own-code-triggering-global-outage\/\">Google Cloud<\/a> now lets UK users run <a href=\"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/googles-gemini-ai-gets-smarter-with-conversation-recall\/\">Gemini<\/a> 2.5 Flash AI workloads entirely within British borders\u2014on paper, at least. While data processing can remain in the UK, support still routes through global teams, raising questions about true sovereignty. Critics argue the move lacks clear legal safeguards against U.S. access under the <a href=\"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/europe-eyes-digital-independence-as-cloud-act-casts-long-shadow-over-transatlantic-trust\/\">CLOUD Act<\/a>. Customers can retain encryption keys, but for many, that\u2019s not the same as airtight jurisdictional control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Cloud now lets UK users run Gemini 2.5 Flash AI workloads entirely within British borders\u2014on paper, at least. While data processing can remain in the UK, support still routes through global teams, raising questions about true sovereignty. Critics argue the move lacks clear legal safeguards against U.S. access under the CLOUD Act. 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