Firms will be able to control the "data residency" of software code stored on GitHub — effectively meaning they can decide which regions the data is kept in.
GitHub Enterprise Cloud is a paid product the firm only offers to businesses.
"The EU has been in the center of this [data residency] movement since the beginning of the cloud days."
Going forward, GitHub plans to roll out data residency within its GitHub Enterprise Cloud across other regions, including Australia, Asia, and Latin America.
EU push for digital 'sovereignty'GitHub's data residency push ties into a broader political and regulatory theme within the EU around so-called digital "sovereignty."
Persons:
GitHub, Jonathan Raa, —, Thomas Dohmke, Dohmke, Shelley McKinley, Mario Draghi, Draghi, GitHub's Dohmke, it'll
Organizations:
Microsoft, Nurphoto, Getty Images Microsoft, European Union, EU, Companies, CNBC, European Central Bank
Locations:
Europe, Australia, Asia, America, EU, China, France, Finland