The Ultimate Guide to Data sovereignty
A curated Irish edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Data sovereignty.
What to know about Data sovereignty
Data sovereignty sits at the intersection of technology, law, trust, and power. It’s about who ultimately controls data – where it’s stored, which laws apply, who can access it, and how it’s used for cloud, AI, and analytics. As organisations modernise infrastructure, adopt multi-cloud and experiment with AI, questions of residency, jurisdiction, and digital autonomy are reshaping strategies across the public sector, critical infrastructure, finance, healthcare, education, and beyond.
Stories under this tag explore the full spectrum of that shift: the rise of sovereign clouds and onshore data centres, new connectivity and subsea cables, and the emergence of “sovereign AI” factories and private AI stacks. You’ll find coverage of local cloud providers challenging hyperscalers, government-certified facilities and compliance frameworks, encryption and key-management advances, and open-source alternatives aimed at reducing lock-in. We also look at how organisations are rebalancing workloads between public cloud, private cloud, colocation and on-premise to manage cost, resilience, and regulatory risk.
Beyond infrastructure, Data sovereignty examines the human, ethical and cultural dimensions of data control. That includes Indigenous and community data governance, citizen trust in digital services, evolving privacy expectations, and the impact of new regulations from data protection laws to AI and quantum-safe standards. Interviews and opinions unpack why boards now treat data location as a strategic and geopolitical risk, how CIOs and CISOs are redesigning architectures around sovereignty-by-design, and what trusted, explainable AI looks like when it must run close to sensitive data.
Whether you’re a policymaker, technology leader, security practitioner, or business decision-maker, this tag offers a curated view of how data sovereignty is transforming cloud strategy, AI adoption, cybersecurity, and digital infrastructure. Dive in to understand the trade-offs between convenience and control, see how peers are responding to rising compliance and resilience pressures, and discover practical approaches to keeping your data, and the intelligence built on top of it, firmly under your own governance.
Irish Data sovereignty News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
ManageEngine rolls out Zia Agents for IT automation
The rollout gives enterprise IT teams autonomous task execution across service, security and endpoint management, with built-in privacy controls.
Servecentric hosts Profitsflow cloud ERP in Ireland
Local manufacturers and field service firms could cut software costs by an average of EUR 100,000 a year under the new hosting deal.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Data sovereignty
Netskope named leader in Gartner SASE & SSE reports
Cloudera named leader in Forrester's data lakehouse wave
Fortinet launches FortiGate 1200G with FortiSASE Outpost
Kore.ai & Atos UK&I launch sovereign AI for UK firms
EDB named Forrester Leader in multimodel data platforms
Featured News
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
AI demand is pushing cloud providers towards GPU-as-a-service models, with efficiency and utilisation emerging as key differentiators.
Humanoid robots, 0-day defence among Info-Tech trends for '27
Agentic AI, zero-day surge, sovereign cloud, and humanoid robots will define IT strategy in 2027, Info-Tech Research Group warns.
Dell Technologies makes all the hardware cool again
Renewed AI spending is boosting demand for Dell's secure, certified infrastructure as companies chase faster deployment and lower cloud costs.
Expert Columns
How data centres make the FIFA World Cup possible
Virtual vs. physical firewalls: A practical guide for modern networks
Not all automation technology is created equal: choosing the right tool for the right challenge
Atlassian scales AI search with OpenSearch on Kubernetes
Why digital sovereignty is a myth
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Recent Data sovereignty News
DXC & Primary launch AI Zero Trust security service
Enterprises adopting AI in production face tighter governance and compliance risks as DXC will manage Primary's Zero Trust platform.
Google expands on-premises AI for sovereign data needs
Nearly half of senior IT leaders now prioritise data residency controls, as regulators and governments push AI workloads into local environments.
DesignVerse expands enterprise AI platform into the US
US enterprises could cut software delivery time by months as DesignVerse brings its AI tools to regulated industries beyond Europe.
Newgen named notable vendor in Forrester archiving report
AI tools are making archived records more valuable, as Forrester's latest landscape places Newgen among 26 vendors in a mature market.
UK & US firms shift cloud traffic to private links
Security and resilience are driving more enterprises to route sensitive cloud traffic over private links as cyber risks and DDoS attacks rise.
FlashStart launches AI-powered DNS security platform
The redesign gives enterprises and service providers faster threat blocking, broader policy controls and AI-assisted investigations as attacks evolve.
Stealthium & Tenstorrent add AI runtime visibility
Enterprises running AI on specialised hardware could gain better control and security as the firms target a visibility gap in runtime operations.
Adfinis wins Red Hat OpenShift certification for Secretz Enterprise
OpenShift users now have a validated way to deploy Secretz Enterprise through the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog, including offline sites.
Endava & Upstream Works launch AI contact centre platform
Enterprise contact centres could cut queue traffic as the new platform slots into existing systems without forcing costly rip-and-replace upgrades.
groundcover raises USD $100 million in Series C round
It will fund North American expansion and product development as observability demand rises with cloud and AI workloads, after revenue tripled.
Synsira launches local AI tool for private file searches
Privacy-conscious professionals can now search sensitive files on-device, as Synsira's Kind Local Pro keeps data off cloud servers.
Checkmarx launches Fusion hybrid scanning tool for AI code
The hybrid system aims to help security teams spot serious flaws in AI-generated code faster, as production code becomes harder to review.
Zscaler & Schwarz Digits launch EU sovereign cloud security
European firms facing tighter rules and AI-driven attacks will get a locally hosted security service that keeps data in Germany.
ATLAS launches cyber-resilient storage system at INNOPROM
Ransomware-prone operators could cut integration costs as ATLAS pitches a single storage-and-security system to foreign buyers in Yekaterinburg.
Multiverse Computing raises USD $570 million in Series C
The funding lifts the Spanish AI firm to a USD $1.7 billion valuation as demand grows for cheaper, lower-energy model deployment.
Supply chain pressures threaten Australia's AI data centres
Delays in transformers, cooling gear and servers could slow Australia's data centre boom as AI demand strains global supplier networks.
Revizto launches open AI layer for construction data
Construction teams can now connect approved AI tools to live project data without moving it outside their own systems.
Massey researcher backs AI for low-resource languages
A new 100,000-sentence dataset could improve translation and classroom tools for Sinhala and Tamil, where AI support remains patchy.
Acceldata expands Europe push with new senior hires
Enterprise demand for AI projects is driving Acceldata to expand in Europe, as firms seek sovereignty controls without lengthy data migrations.
Shufti launches Glocal Platform for compliance teams
Compliance teams facing fragmented systems may cut integrations and vendor sprawl as Shufti folds onboarding, screening and monitoring into one platform.