Tech companies not 'comfortable' storing data in Australia, Microsoft warns

President says customers are asking company to build data centres elsewhere as a result of the government’s encryption billCompanies and governments are “no longer comfortable” about storing their data in Australia as a result of the encryption legislation, Microsoft has warned.On Wednesday the company’s president and chief legal officer, Brad Smith, said customers were asking it to build data centres elsewhere as a result of the changes, and the industry needed greater p