> And why wasn't a German company like SAP or T-Systems able to do it?
Getting to the level of capability and provable mandate compliance of a hyperscaler like GCP takes decades of engineering investment. Renting a chunk of air-gapped GCP infra is much cheaper and faster.
I wish there were European companies committed to this level of engineering investment. I don't know that there are.
>Renting a chunk of air-gapped GCP infra is much cheaper and faster.
That was a rhetorical question, of course they went with Google because it's better and faster than anything in Europe. My point is that Europe will never be able to match Google levels of hyperscalers as long as buying from Google is cheaper and faster.
China's ban on US tech was a blessing in disguise as it brewed a strong domestic industry competitive to the US even if it'll never be on par. EU tech industry is even further behind.
Getting to the level of capability and provable mandate compliance of a hyperscaler like GCP takes decades of engineering investment. Renting a chunk of air-gapped GCP infra is much cheaper and faster.
I wish there were European companies committed to this level of engineering investment. I don't know that there are.