Sovereign Cloud

If you were to ask cloud providers whether their services are sovereign, my view is that most would say yes.  The European Union (EU) has an opportunity to provide a standardized and widely understood definition that could bring more clarity to this market. The question is not whether policymakers will take this opportunity to define […]

CCS Guest Blog We are already well into the year, and this matters. Predictions help leaders make choices under uncertainty. But a quarter of the way through the year, we also have early evidence of what is sticking, what is stalling, and what is being reprioritised. We have seen geopolitical shocks, ongoing conflicts, regulatory pressure, […]

For many, ‘sovereign cloud’ was the IT buzzword of 2025. Will 2026 be the year that sovereign cloud moves from talking point to widespread adoption? Below, I make three predictions for how the European market for sovereign cloud services will develop in the year ahead. Europeans have been adopting US public cloud services since AWS […]

A shifting cloud landscape Across Europe, the conversation around cloud strategy is changing. Growing regulatory pressure, geopolitical uncertainty and fatigue with hyperscaler platforms are driving organisations to re-evaluate their IT infrastructure models. For many, the answer is clear – regain control. As organisations seek greater data locality, flexibility and autonomy, demand for sovereign private cloud […]

Futurum recently published a report on the shift from public-cloud-centric strategies to modern private cloud platforms that balance operational agility with data sovereignty. While public cloud adoption historically drove agility, it has exposed critical shortcomings regarding control and jurisdictional immunity, particularly under European mandates like GDPR, DORA, and the EU AI Act. As Futurum reports, […]

CCS Guest Blog Tests, Interoperability and Certification This article builds on the definitions and procurement levers set out in my previous blog post, Turning Sovereignty into Action: Principles and Policy Levers. It sets out the pass-or-fail checks and pragmatic certification approach that translate principles into outcomes. Make Reversibility and Interoperability First-Class Tests The problems of […]

CCS Guest Blog European policy on cloud and AI is at an inflection point. The debate has matured beyond slogans  to the complex tests that decide whether sovereignty becomes a real capability or remains a badge  worn in presentations.  Recent analyses of EU competitiveness argue the bloc faces challenges in productivity and  investment, with fragmentation […]

IDC Guest Post (Sponsored by Broadcom) In today’s rapidly evolving and ever-complex digital landscape, the concept of digital sovereignty is no longer confined to niche regulatory discussions but has matured into a business-critical imperative focused on organizational autonomy and self-sufficiency. The geopolitical and economic upheavals witnessed in 2025 have amplified the urgency, positioning control over […]

The vision of unrestricted cloud adoption, once heralded as the pinnacle of digital transformation, is now encountering significant obstacles. This shift is primarily driven by mounting geopolitical risks, increasingly stringent regulatory mandates, and the unavoidable realization that uncompromising data control is essential for sensitive workloads—a necessity amplified by the accelerating AI revolution. European organizations, in […]

The promise that European data stays within European borders is crumbling under scrutiny, revealing a fundamental shift in understanding digital sovereignty. Nearly 70% of European organisations now cite exposure of data to extra-territorial laws as a key concern in their current cloud environment, according to an independent study supported by Broadcom, Sovereign Cloud for Europe, […]

We’re witnessing a global awakening around data control, with Sovereign AI emerging as the centerpiece. Spurred by national security, economic stability, and growing distrust of centralized control, governments are demanding assurances that their data — and their citizens’ data — remains within borders, under local jurisdiction, and away from foreign influence. Sovereign AI is their […]

The rapid acceleration of AI has brought countless opportunities, yet at the same time, significant concerns have been raised around data privacy, security, and compliance. Many enterprises now find themselves at a crossroads: eager to harness AI’s transformative potential while simultaneously asserting tight and sovereign control over their core IP, data and assets. Data sovereignty […]