Sovereign Clouds Are Becoming A Big Deal Again
InfoWorld, March 17th, 2023
For companies that are required to keep data within a specific country or region, a sovereign cloud may be a key part of a multicloud deployment.
Cloud-using industries such as banking, insurance, healthcare, and the public sector face additional challenges complying with laws and requirements within specific regions. This has increased the demand for sovereign clouds. This cloud architecture approach seems to fly under everyone's radar; thus, I'm bringing it up.
Sovereign clouds are semipublic cloud services owned, controlled, and operated by a particular country, region, or sometimes a cloud provider serving a region. They may be owned by the local government outright or by a consortium of private and public organizations.