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I don't know how it currently compares with AWS but some time ago the disk IO was a lot slower, and the prices were way higher. Does anyone know of recent comparisons?

Prices are still way higher

AWS it will continue to be then.

> p.s. we also take EU people data privacy very seriously.

Hmmm. I find that very hard to believe.

MS is going to have to be _very_ good for a _long_ time to overcome firing the late Caspar Bowden (then MS' chief privacy adviser) for telling regional managers that the NSA can pwn their customers' data. https://twitter.com/casparbowden/status/542588420611379201

MS data centers are akin to AWS availability zones, not AWS regions.