SAP Sovereign Cloud

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SAP Sovereign Cloud: Embrace the cloud without compromise

SAP Sovereign Cloud is designed to help organizations adopt cloud technologies while maintaining full control over their data, infrastructure, and compliance in line with local laws and regulations.

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SAP Sovereign Cloud provides:

  • Unparalleled security: A complete sovereign cloud stack—top to bottom, end to end—with no compromises. Built to national security–grade standards, it protects even the most sensitive data with resilience and scalability.
  • Unstoppable innovation: Allowing you to maintain full control over where your data resides, how it’s accessed, processed, and governed—while unlocking the full power of cloud, AI innovation, connectivity, and new services across infrastructures, platforms, and applications.
  • Unmatched experience: Backed by over 20 years of technical expertise and the industry’s broadest portfolio of country-specific accreditations and infrastructure options, SAP offers a proven track record in delivering sovereign clouds in highly regulated environments.

 

180

+

customers globally

1000

+

local delivery personnel across the supported countries, ensuring operational and legal sovereignty requirements

€20+ billion

in additional investments to expand solution and regional coverage

SAP protects data, operations, trust, and growth

SAP Sovereign Cloud goes beyond basic digital sovereignty to meet country-specific regulatory standards across four key dimensions, enabling secure, scalable innovation on your terms.

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SAP stores your data in local data centers or approved countries—avoiding unauthorized cross-border transfers and meeting critical infrastructure requirements.

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On-demand webinar
SAP Sovereign Cloud is Resilient. Secure. Ready.

Hear our experts, who have decades of experience, speak comprehensively on the four pillars of sovereignty that uphold Sovereign Cloud.

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SAP Sovereign Cloud deployment options

Hyperscaler option

SAP partners with premium hyperscalers in specific markets to provide customers the ability to swiftly scale their resources based on their needs. This flexibility, paired with seamless integration, enables customers to innovate faster while maintaining operational efficiency.

SAP Cloud Infrastructure

SAP’s infrastructure as a Service platform is developed and operated using open-source technologies within SAP’s global network of data centers. All data stays within the European Union, ensuring strong data protection and compliance with regulations in European countries.

SAP Sovereign Cloud On-Site

SAP offers infrastructure operated by SAP within a data center selected or owned by the customer. It combines local physical control with our operational expertise, ensuring full autonomy while maintaining SAP’s support and compliance standards.

Countries where SAP Sovereign Cloud is available

Secure, compliant AI for Europe

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EU AI Cloud

Innovate with industry-leading AI from SAP and trusted partners that’s hosted on GDPR- and EU AI Act-compliant cloud infrastructure.

See how customers are succeeding with SAP Sovereign Cloud

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See how Toll Group is succeeding with Sovereign Cloud

Toll Government and Defence - Modernizing and Fortifying Business with SAP Sovereign Cloud.

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SAP and S3NS accelerate trusted cloud adoption in France with Thales as first strategic customer

Thales adopts SAP RISE private cloud edition on S3NS to transform its ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) landscape and operationalize digital sovereignty at scale.

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Benefit from cloud innovations without compromising control

Learn how SAP Sovereign Cloud empowers public sector organizations with secure, locally governed cloud capabilities, offering deployment options that support data control, compliance, and operational independence.

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Control where your data resides and how it’s managed

Drive secure digital innovation for critical infrastructure with SAP Sovereign Cloud. Benefit from the cloud while maintaining control over your data and staying compliant with local laws and regulations.

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Stay mission-ready with a complete sovereign cloud stack for defense operations

Operate on your terms with SAP Sovereign Cloud for defense, featuring secure digital innovation, sovereign operations, and mission-ready capabilities that help you maintain control and accountability without compromising national security.

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Inside SAP Sovereign Cloud: Key Differentiators & Architecture

Discover how SAP Sovereign Cloud helps public-sector and highly regulated industries balance digital sovereignty, security, compliance, and innovation. This webinar explores the architectures, governance models, and access controls designed to support sensitive workloads across a range of deployment options.

Frequently asked questions

A sovereign cloud is a cloud environment designed to meet specific sovereignty mandates across legal, operational, technical, and data dimensions. It makes certain that data residency, administrative control, infrastructure governance, and legal jurisdiction align with national or regional regulations, enabling organizations to use cloud services without compromising sovereignty obligations.

Taking a holistic approach, SAP Sovereign Cloud addresses all four dimensions of digital sovereignty: data, operational, legal, and technical.

Our cloud portfolio is secure by design. SAP Sovereign Cloud offerings are disjunct offerings of our cloud portfolio and are tailored to meet most advanced requirements across all four dimensions of digital sovereignty: data, operational, legal, and technical. This fulfills the heightened regulatory and security needs of certain industries.

SAP Sovereign Cloud is available to organizations of any size and industry. Certain industries, such as the public sector and regulated industries, stand to benefit the most from this portfolio due to regulatory requirements and the unique needs of their management of sensitive data.

SAP Sovereign Cloud provides country-specific offerings in the United States (available through SAP National Security Services), Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and other European countries.

Digital sovereignty refers to an organization or nation’s ability to control its digital data, infrastructure, and operations in line with its own laws, regulations, and strategic interests. It safeguards digital systems to keep them governable, accountable, and enforceable within the relevant legal jurisdiction, even when cloud services or external providers are used.

Digital sovereignty promotes stronger regulatory compliance, improved cybersecurity and resilience, reduced geopolitical risk, and increased trust among citizens, customers, and regulators. By embedding sovereignty into digital architectures, organizations can adopt cloud technologies and innovation with confidence while maintaining control over data, operations, and legal accountability.

 

Data sovereignty focuses specifically on how data is stored, processed, and governed under local laws. Digital sovereignty is broader in scope. It encompasses data sovereignty but also includes operational control, technical architecture, and legal jurisdiction over digital systems as a whole. In practice, data sovereignty is one pillar of a comprehensive digital sovereignty strategy.

Digital sovereignty is important because organizations increasingly rely on digital platforms to deliver essential services and manage sensitive information. Without sovereignty controls, they may face regulatory non-compliance, cybersecurity risk, or loss of control due to geopolitical or legal conflicts. It provides the foundation for trust, resilience, and secure innovation in cloud-based environments.

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