Home / Technology / News / Big tech is the West’s surprise weapon in competition with Russia, China

Big tech is the West’s surprise weapon in competition with Russia, China

Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov addressed officials at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Lugano, Switzerland, this summer. (Photo: AFP) — Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov addressed officials at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Lugano, Switzerland, this summer. **(Photo: AFP)**

5 min read . Updated: 05 Aug 2022, 08:33 PM IST Greg Ip, The Wall Street Journal

Ukraine’s trust in Amazon, Microsoft, Google contrasts with Western ambivalence toward companies’ reach

In February, Ukraine passed a law allowing private cloud providers to host government data outside its borders, then struck contracts with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google.

Edit Profile

Get alerts on WhatsApp

Set Preferences My Reads Watchlist Feedback Redeem a Gift Card Logout

Big tech is the West’s surprise weapon in competition with Russia, China

Recommended For You

Subscribe to continue

Big tech is the West’s surprise weapon in competition with Russia, China

Recommended For You

Wait for it…

Wait for it…

Congratulations!

Subscribe to continue