# Cloud sovereignty: does it matter who hosts?

British politicians are raising the alarm over how much public data sits with US cloud giants. Should that change?

Poll by GloboPoll

## Results

With 3 votes as of 2026-10-20, the most voted option is “The real issue is the law, not where the servers sit” with 66.7%.

- Yes — public data should stay with domestic providers — 0 (0.0 %)
- Yes for sensitive data; the rest can stay abroad — 1 (33.3 %)
- Only if local services match the price and reliability — 0 (0.0 %)
- No — the big providers are cheaper and better — 0 (0.0 %)
- The real issue is the law, not where the servers sit — 2 (66.7 %)
- Not sure — 0 (0.0 %)

3 votes

## Poll facts

- Status: open, accepting votes
- Type: single choice
- Published on: 2026-10-05
- Data updated on: 2026-10-20

## How votes are counted

One vote per person (per account, or per IP address and browser for anonymous votes). Anyone can take part: this is an open online poll, not a representative statistical sample. Results update live while the poll is open.

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Source: https://www.globopoll.com/en/polls/cloud-sovereignty-does-it-matter-who-hosts