SAP will invest over €20 billion in sovereign cloud infrastructure across Europe over 10 years

SAP said Tuesday it will put more than €20 billion ($23.3 billion) into its sovereign cloud systems across Europe over the next 10 ￰0￱ German software firm is not just expanding its cloud tools; it’s also building something designed for AI and data control in the EU, no middlemen ￰1￱ will sit inside Europe, from the hardware to the cloud ￰2￱ confirmed it will offer a new infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform so businesses can access computing power through SAP’s own ￰3￱ kinds of services are usually controlled by Microsoft or Amazon, but SAP is making a version that keeps everything local. There’s also a new on-site ￰4￱ means customers can install SAP-run infrastructure directly inside their own data ￰5￱ one else handles ￰6￱ border-crossing ￰7￱ adds local options to keep data inside Europe The reason behind this move is simple: EU ￰8￱ said the whole goal is to store customer data inside the European Union, so it doesn’t break GDPR rules .

“Innovation and sovereignty cannot be two separate things — it needs to come together,” said Thomas Saueressig, the SAP board member in charge of customer services and ￰9￱ was speaking during a virtual press event on ￰10￱ made it clear that European firms need full access to the latest tech, like artificial intelligence, but under strict ￰11￱ said they must have it “in a full sovereign context.” This push for sovereignty isn’t ￰12￱ the past year, tech companies and governments have started to rethink their dependence on foreign ￰13￱ between countries have made it risky to rely on outside cloud platforms. Now, nations are trying to move key computing infrastructure back ￰14￱ are the servers and systems needed to train and run powerful AI ￰15￱ isn’t alone ￰16￱ and Microsoft have also announced their own sovereign cloud setups to keep European user data locked inside the EU.

Everyone’s fighting for the same turf, but SAP’s pitch is different. It’s based in ￰17￱ already follows EU ￰18￱ doesn’t need to bend to ￰19￱ whole operation stays ￰20￱ European Commission is pushing hard on ￰21￱ made AI a top issue for the entire ￰22￱ Commission said Europe has been falling behind the ￰23￱ China in tech for ￰24￱ now they’re putting their own money on the ￰25￱ this year, the Commission laid out a separate plan to throw €20 billion into AI ￰26￱ are massive sites filled with supercomputers, designed to build and run next-generation AI models from ￰27￱ confirmed it’s “closely” involved with that ￰28￱ it also said it won’t be the lead partner on the ￰29￱ part of the buildout.

Still, the overlap between cloud and AI is ￰30￱ need a secure local infrastructure to make AI safe and ￰31￱ can’t build that if all your servers are sitting ￰32￱ is why Europe needs a sovereign cloud, not just for compliance, but to run its own AI ￰33￱ seen where it ￰34￱ in Cryptopolitan Research and reach crypto’s sharpest investors and builders.