True data sovereignty isn’t where it’s kept, but who has access to it

Regulated industries have been dealing with the equivalent of sovereign data for a long time. And as the geopolitical situation makes it more broadly relevant, it doesn’t make it any easier to deal with. From concerns about the reach of the US CLOUD Act and what telemetry or sensitive business data gen AI models might collect, to implications of the US government taking part ownership of a range of technology companies and the impact of EU regulations, the state of the world means more organizat