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A manufacturing company is planning to migrate its entire IT infrastructure to the cloud to leverage scalability and cost-efficiency. The company's operations involve complex, high-performance computing tasks that require complete control over the hardware and operating systems to customize the environment for specific manufacturing processes. Additionally, the company must ensure compliance with industry-specific regulations that mandate data residency and security controls. Considering these requirements, which cloud service type would be most appropriate for this scenario? (Choose one correct option.)
A
Software as a Service (SaaS) - Offers ready-to-use software applications hosted on the cloud, eliminating the need for managing underlying infrastructure.
B
Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Provides a platform allowing customers to develop, run, and manage applications without the complexity of building and maintaining the infrastructure.
C
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Delivers virtualized computing resources over the internet, offering complete control over the hardware and operating systems.
D
None of the above - The company's requirements cannot be met by any of the listed cloud service types.