"I can only imagine just how incendiary such headlines might become: US Seizes Australian Servers in NSA/FBI/Scary-three-letter-name US Agency Sting Operation.

"I can only imagine just how incendiary such headlines might become: US Seizes Australian Servers in NSA/FBI/Scary-three-letter-name US Agency Sting Operation. That'd go over real well, especially among Commonwealth nations." I think if that were to happen, it would be another nail in the coffin for the "US cloud". From www2.itif.org/2013-cloud-computing-costs.pdf‎ "The U.S cloud computing industry stands to lose $22 to $35 billion over the next three years as a result of the recent revelations about the NDA's electronic surveillance programs"