From bitcoin news by Sergio Goschenko

The government of El Salvador recently signed an agreement with Rumble, a Canada-based video and cloud computing platform. The deal includes providing several services to the country, including cloud storage, cloud computing, databases, load balancers, and Kubernetes integration.

The deal follows a meeting between Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele in September, organized by Bitcoin Office Director Stacy Herbert.

Pavlovski remarked on the relevance of this milestone for the company, stressing that it signals their services are “suitable for governments to trust for their most important data and computing needs.”

“This is also just more proof that the world recognizes the importance of independence from Big Tech, as no one wants to risk being technologically silenced because an activist in Silicon Valley doesn’t like what you think or say,” he stated.

Herbert celebrated the deal highlighting El Salvador embraced the values of freedom, innovation, and prosperity, ideals that have been embraced by Rumble. “It is natural for us to partner with them and we look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship,” she assessed.

Rumble and El Salvador have also embraced bitcoin as part of their economic structures. El Salvador declared bitcoin as a legal tender in 2021 and has been purchasing bitcoin as part of a strategic reserve since then. In November, Rumble announced it would hold bitcoin as part of its reserve assets, committing to purchase up to $20 million in BTC.

Rumble Cloud is a relatively new company in the field of cloud computing, launching its service offering back in March. At the time, Pavlovski stated they would provide neutral services with a disruptive pricing strategy to take market share from big tech providers including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.