Data sovereignty stories

e& enterprise and Emergence AI team up to roll out autonomous agentic AI for regulated organisations across MENAT and Türkiye.

ICS.AI launches UK public sector AI model promising guaranteed savings, citing Derby City Council’s projected GBP £12 million benefit.

Arete and SentinelOne unveil an APAC on-prem security model for regulated sectors, keeping sensitive threat data sovereign and off the cloud.

Tech Mahindra’s sovereign multilingual AI, handling millions of queries in Hindi, Bahasa and regional dialects, is honoured by WEF’s MINDS.

Check Point opens Auckland SASE PoP, giving New Zealand firms local data residency, lower latency and compliance-focused cloud security.

AI agents move from pilots to core enterprise tools by 2026, but new research warns governance remains the missing link for many firms.

IBRS spotlights Interactive’s sovereign-first cloud strategy and hybrid services as Australian organisations rethink data residency and compliance.

Spence Software shifts its S2Web SaaS platform to 11:11 Systems’ cloud, slashing IT spending by 50% and boosting performance and control.

The Royal Navy is trialling a sovereign AI system on HMS Prince of Wales, processing mission data at sea without relying on shore-based links.

Anthropic is setting up an Australian office in Sydney as Claude adoption soars, anchoring a wider global expansion and hiring push.

Lancom wins listing on New Zealand’s All-of-Government IT Marketplace, opening a streamlined route to tap a projected $13 billion spend.

OVHcloud launches Veeam-based Backup Agent for Bare Metal servers, offering immutable offsite backups with no egress or licence fees.

OVHcloud rolls out Veeam-based managed backup for Bare Metal servers, promising rapid setup, encrypted offsite copies and no agent licence fees.

SUBCO plans a sovereign APX East “express hypercable” linking Sydney and California by late 2028, promising the world’s longest continuous subsea link.

Rubrik launches Security Cloud Sovereign to keep sensitive data, control and threat detection inside customer-defined national borders.

Canada’s GBP £925.6 million AI pledge backs chips and servers, but critics say true sovereignty needs home-grown models, not US black boxes.

Visionplatform.ai adds on-premise AI agents to Milestone XProtect, turning security control rooms into decision-support environments.

OVHcloud VP of the Americas says digital sovereignty, green AI infrastructure and quantum planning will define Canada’s digital economy by 2026.

E2e-assure reports rising UK-sovereign OT security demand, adding 18 customers and multi-million revenue as regulation and risk intensify.

Auditoria opens UK and Ireland data hubs and hires London lead as it chases 400% European growth and rising demand for sovereign AI.