Data Centers and Localizations in Asia It’s often hard to see geopolitical tensions in concrete terms. Summits come and go, public statements are issued, and most of it feels far removed from daily business decisions. But if you take a look at the map of Asia’s new data centers, the abstractions start to look very real. In China, new rules? are turning data centers into instruments of state sovereignty. China now requires key operators to store personal and ‘important’ data i