Keep your data where it belongs

Store, process and control critical workloads in Norway and the EU, while still using the flexibility of global cloud services.

​Many organisations moved to hyperscalers for speed and scalability.

Today, regulatory pressure, data sovereignty requirements and security risks are forcing companies to rethink architecture.

​Sovereign cloud combined with hybrid cloud gives you the best of both worlds: local control and global scale.​

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What is Sovereign Cloud?

A sovereign cloud ensures that data, metadata, encryption keys and operational control remain inside trusted legal jurisdictions.

• Access is governed locally.
• Operations are transparent.
• Customers maintain real control over infrastructure and data lifecycle.

Why Hybrid Sovereign Cloud?

Not all workloads are equal. Some must stay local. Others benefit from global scale.

​Hybrid sovereign cloud lets you place workloads based on security, performance, cost and compliance requirements.

​Sensitive data and regulated workloads → Sovereign private cloud
Burst compute and AI training → Public hyperscaler
Backup and DR → Secondary sovereign region or EU cloud
Customer-facing services → Optimised hybrid placement

Topic	Traditional Public Cloud	Sovereign Cloud
Ownership and Control	Often globally distributed, exact storage location may vary	Guaranteed storage within Norway / EU / defined jurisdiction
Legal Jurisdiction	Subject to provider’s home country laws (often US)	Subject to local and European legislation
Data Access Control	Provider may in certain cases be legally required to grant access	Customer and local operator control access
Government Access Risk	Often provider-managed or shared responsibility	Customer-owned or locally controlled encryption keys
Compliance ​(GDPR, industry regulations)	Must be built and documented on top of provider platform	Built into architecture and operations by design
Operational Transparency	Limited visibility into physical and operational processes	Full visibility into operations, processes and controls
Risk of Foreign Government Access	Potentially higherValue	Significantly reduced
Vendor Lock-in	Often high	Typically lower, more open architectures
Regulatory Adaptability	Requires additional architecture and control layers	Designed for regulatory requirements
Typical Use Cases	Web applications, global scaling, international services	Public sector, finance, healthcare, critical infrastructure
Cost Model	Low entry cost, can become expensive due to egress and lock-in	More predictable long-term TCO
Operational Control	​Provider-operated platform	Customer and local partner controlled