Isnt it a security bonus, if not all data is sent throught the edge “VPN”?

And they have enough people to maintain and inspect the hundreds of thousands of reactors that are going to be built, if those small reactors work?

I hope they follow through with it. And I also hope they allow for quick incremental changes instead of aiming for the perfect solution right away that will take a decade to develop and implement. Just to be clear, I think it should be the far goal to be fully independent from US and other non-EU software.