NATO taps Google for air-gapped sovereign cloud

NATO has hired Google to provide "air-gapped" sovereign cloud services and AI in "completely disconnected, highly secure environments." The Chocolate Factory will support the military alliance's Joint Analysis, Training, and Education Centre (JATEC) in a move designed to improve its digital infrastructure and strengthen its …

[Kurgan]

Sovereign?

Since NATO is an international org, how can something be sovereign? If it's Italian, it's not French. If it's American, it's not European.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Sovereign?

Easy! Words don't mean things any more!

Got a word you like the look and sound of, but it doesn't mean what you want? Easy fix, just use it anyway!

[Yet Another Anonymous coward]

Re: Sovereign?

>how can something be sovereign?

Google is now sovereign

[retiredFool]

How is this a cloud?

NATO contracted google to build a server farm. Its not a cloud.

[Kurgan]

Re: How is this a cloud?

Everything is a cloud nowadays. With AI and blockchain. Oh, also serverless.

[Richard Boyce]

Re: How is this a cloud?

"Air-gapped cloud" is self-contradictory.

[Tron]

With Trump being the relevant sovereign.

Any data held on a system run by an American company can be accessed by the US government.

[Guido Esperanto]

Re: With Trump being the relevant sovereign.

The exact same thought I had.

Given the recent fun and games with AWS and MS, the idea of another US dependance doesn't invoke much confidence.

Also what if Trump exits Nato?

[Judge Mental]

Air gapped cloud

More like a potential mushroom cloud.

[Anonymous Coward]

Sovereign

The only sovereign they're interested in is the of the bullion kind.

[Pete 2]

NINO

> provide "air-gapped" sovereign cloud services and AI in "completely disconnected, highly secure environments."

I have one of those on my desk. It is completely disconnected and highly secure. Nothing goes in and nothing comes out. Given that it is (or claims to be) a "sovereign"AI cloud, it is surprisingly small and lightweight. I did wonder why it was cheap, though.