CloudThe Registerabout 2 hours ago
Britain's cloud habit has become a billion-pound risk
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Nearly 95% of UK public-sector bodies spent on hyperscale cloud in 2023/24, with 55% of £17.7bn in tech spending going to Microsoft, Amazon, and Google. A 24-hour outage in AWS's eu-west-1 region could cost UK firms £1 billion. The US CLOUD Act and geopolitical risks compound the vulnerability.
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