On its way: A Google-free, NSA-free IT infrastructure for Europe

Take open source. Enlist Euro carriers. How hard was that?

Analysis This really wasn't in the script. All conquering, "disruptive" Silicon Valley companies were more powerful than any nation state, we were told, and governments and nations would submit to their norms. But now the dam that Max Schrems cracked last week has burst open as European companies seek to nail down local alternatives to Google, Dropbox and other Californian over-the-top players."