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> the government requirements requires me to store data only in UAE!

... but not only in an Azure datacenter!

(The obvious option here might be an encrypted backup on some hard drives in a safe in a local office.)

What other options I have?

I don't like Oracle. GCP has no servers in UAE. All other options were by local providers with not so friendly budget options

turns out reading comprehension skills have still not gotten better in the future

In the future, some companies begin to store their data on-premises away from big centralized datacenters. But many companies do not, due to costs and the general friction of changing how things are done.

If OP tells me the name of his company I can hop in my time machine and tell him how it plays out.

MENA is the on-prem capital of the world, don't worry.

off-topic but nice username. Fan of Charlie Kelly?

The 'at' in the middle tells me no. I also get Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law vibes but that could just be me.

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