{"id":15505,"date":"2025-09-29T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micronos.be\/azure-belgium-central-and-the-eu-cloud\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T11:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:47:48","slug":"azure-belgium-central-and-the-eu-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micronos.be\/nl\/azure-belgium-central-and-the-eu-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Azure Belgium Central and the EU Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull pattern--header-download has-shade-1-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-905e973c wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"853\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/micronos.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cinematic-Whitepaper-Cover-853x1280.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15492\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:20px;border-top-right-radius:20px;border-bottom-left-radius:20px;border-bottom-right-radius:20px;box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micronos.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cinematic-Whitepaper-Cover-853x1280.png 853w, https:\/\/micronos.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cinematic-Whitepaper-Cover-427x640.png 427w, https:\/\/micronos.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cinematic-Whitepaper-Cover-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/micronos.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cinematic-Whitepaper-Cover-1024x1536.png 1024w, https:\/\/micronos.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cinematic-Whitepaper-Cover-1365x2048.png 1365w, https:\/\/micronos.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cinematic-Whitepaper-Cover-800x1200.png 800w, https:\/\/micronos.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cinematic-Whitepaper-Cover-scaled.png 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hubspot--form-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-rmdy-extra-extra-large-font-size\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-blue-color\">Download<\/mark> our new Azure Whitepaper<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-rmdy-large-font-size\">Azure Belgium Central and the EU Cloud:<br>Myth vs Reality. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This whitepaper objectively examines the myths and facts about Azure Belgium Central (ABC) and Azure\u2019s operations in the European Union. 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