Microsoft will host data in Germany to hide it from US spies

Microsoft is opening new data centers in Germany to allow European customers to hide their digital information from US government surveillance. The new data centers will open in late 2016 and will be operated by a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom. However, The Financial Times notes that customers will have to pay extra to store their data in this way. "These new data centre regions will enable customers to use the full power of Microsoft’s cloud in Germany [...] and ensure that a German company retains control of the data," said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at a press conference in Berlin this morning.

The announcement is the latest move in an ongoing battle between US tech companies and the American government over access to foreign-held...

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