PRISM fuels cries for EU clouds.

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One of the cornerstone issues in discussions of cloud services is whether to focus on building national clouds or take advantage of existing clouds offered by international providers, especially U.S. providers.

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, chair of the steering board of the new European Cloud Partnership, contends Europe should have its own clouds rather than rely on those from U.S. service providers, reported ZDNet.

"Recent months have proven it again: it very important for Europe to create its own data clouds, operating under EU law and completely safe for users," said Ilves.

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