@darius @zundan @egallager Seems to date back to April, when the Musk Twitter deal was made: https://uk.pcmag.com/social-media/140088/eu-joins-mastodon-social-network-sets-up-its-own-server

@darius @zundan

I think the EU is explicitly angry at US tech companies and is intentionally trying to create alternatives.

So it'd make sense they'd have their own mastodon servers long before the US, which has a pretty cozy relationship with the local tech near monopolies.