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You’re not wrong about the motives, but others are:

The U.S. has all the oil it needs right now.

The message from the U.S. to the world is: don’t nationalize our businesses infrastructure and then use it against our interests (even if they are on your sovereign territory) - we do not forgive and we do not forget.

Which might signal to the EU to not build local cloud infrastructure?
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Like Russia did in 2022?
I believe Russia signed over those rights voluntarily on Ukrainian independence.