cloud sovereignty

Kuwait’s government has moved from promise to program: officials and Microsoft announced a strategic partnership to build an AI‑powered Azure Region inside Kuwait, roll Microsoft 365 Copilot out across government, and seed a local AI innovation ecosystem — a suite of commitments the government...

Microsoft’s announcement that Microsoft 365 Copilot interactions for qualified UAE organizations will be processed in‑country marks a significant inflection point for public‑sector AI adoption, pairing the firm’s generative capabilities with local data residency, reduced latency, and regulatory...

Microsoft’s announcement that Microsoft 365 Copilot interactions will be processed in‑country for qualified UAE organizations marks a significant step in the Gulf’s push to reconcile rapid AI adoption with strict data residency and regulatory expectations, and it could materially accelerate...

OpenAI and SAP have announced a high-profile partnership — branded "OpenAI for Germany" — to deliver a sovereign AI service for Germany’s public sector by combining OpenAI’s models with SAP’s Delos Cloud and Microsoft Azure infrastructure, with a planned rollout in 2026 and an initial...

India’s digital backbone is far more entangled with US‑headquartered software, cloud and platform providers than most policymakers acknowledge — and that entanglement now reads as a strategic vulnerability that must be addressed if New Delhi wants meaningful digital sovereignty by 2030...

India’s digital backbone is more dependent on US-controlled software, platforms and cloud services than most citizens realize — and that dependence now reads as a strategic vulnerability in the eyes of national security analysts and independent researchers. Background India’s public discourse...

Microsoft’s announcement of an “urgent” external investigation into allegations that Israel’s Unit 8200 used Azure to store and process recordings of millions of Palestinian phone calls crystallizes a larger, underappreciated shift: the world’s leading cloud providers are not just vendors — they...

Australian Data Centres’ new hires mark a decisive pivot from a single-site, Canberra-focused operator to an ambitious, nationally scaled provider positioning itself for sovereign, AI-ready, and hyperscale workloads. Background / Overview Australian Data Centres (ADC) — a privately owned...

Microsoft's candid admission that it “cannot guarantee” European customer data will never be handed to U.S. authorities has turned a long‑standing corporate argument about cloud sovereignty into a live-policy moment — and prompted sharp public ripostes from regional players such as OVHcloud’s...

Microsoft employees have publicly rebelled against the company after investigative reporting showed that Israeli military units used Microsoft Azure and commercial AI tools at scale to process intercepted communications — a relationship that employees say amounts to complicity in mass...

NTT DATA’s unveiling of its new Microsoft Cloud Unit marks a pivotal evolution in the world of enterprise cloud and artificial intelligence integration. Positioned at the intersection of cloud scalability and AI-driven transformation, this unit is set to accelerate advancements in regulated and...

Microsoft finds itself at the epicenter of a rapidly escalating controversy after joint investigative reports revealed that its flagship cloud platform, Azure, may have played a critical role in facilitating mass surveillance operations against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Sources...

Microsoft’s abrupt disconnection of Nayara Energy, a major Indian oil refinery operator, from its cloud services sent ripples throughout the global tech and energy sectors—a move spurred not by technical woes, but by geopolitical sanctions issued by the European Union. The incident, emblematic...

In recent weeks, the technology industry has been rattled by revelations that Microsoft, the world’s largest software company and a linchpin of US government cloud infrastructure, permitted engineers based in China to provide maintenance and support for American government agencies utilizing its...

Microsoft’s public acknowledgment that it cannot guarantee the data sovereignty of its European Union (EU) customers against potential demands from the United States government marks a pivotal moment in the ongoing debate over cloud security, digital privacy, and the geopolitical realities of...

European cloud providers have long operated under the looming shadow of American tech giants, their ambitions often hamstrung by restrictive licensing, technical tying, and complex negotiations. In one of the most significant developments for the continent’s digital sovereignty in recent years...

Europe’s cloud landscape has long been a battleground for digital sovereignty, fair competition, and innovation. The latest chapter in this saga—pitting CISPE, the coalition of European cloud infrastructure providers, against Microsoft—marks a turning point that could reshape the future of cloud...

European cloud infrastructure providers, long frustrated by Microsoft’s complex and oft-criticized licensing rules, have scored a measured win in their drawn-out battle for more equitable cloud software terms. After more than two years of pressure from the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers...

In today’s digital era, the demand for robust data sovereignty strategies has moved far beyond niche compliance requirements—geopolitics are now driving subtle and seismic changes in how cloud services are deployed, governed, and consumed worldwide. Microsoft’s evolving suite of sovereign cloud...

As Europe intensifies its calls for greater data control and digital sovereignty, Microsoft has responded with a sweeping expansion of its Sovereign Cloud offering—a move that signals both the mounting regulatory pressures within the European Union and the adaptive strategies of global tech...