New sovereign and private cloud services will help governments and enterprises keep data within national borders and comply with local regulations. Credit: Harvepino / Shutterstock GPU-based cloud services provider Vultr has launched a pair of new services designed to keep data within national borders to protect data sovereignty and maintain compliance. “To address the growing need for countries to control their own data, and to reduce their reliance on a small number of large global tech companies, Vultr will now deploy sovereign clouds on demand for national governments around the world,” said J.J. Kardwell, CEO of Constant, Vultr’s parent company, in a statement. Vultr Sovereign Cloud and Private Cloud span the company’s 32 data centers in six continents. All data, processing power, physical infrastructure, and governance are kept and handled within national boundaries and other in-country parameters. The company is working with local telcos to provide infrastructure that reduces reliance on hyperscalers, where data sovereignty is harder to control, and delivers global data control and compliance without sacrificing scalability. The company recently made a similar announcement called Vultr Cloud Inference, which provides global AI model deployment and AI inference capabilities on Vultr’s global infrastructure. Vultr Cloud Inference is built on a serverless architecture that makes it easy to deploy AI models regardless of the configuration of their training environment. Keeping secret or sensitive data within national borders has become a growing concern among many nations, dating back a decade after Verizon and the NSA were caught spying on the German government. Then there’s the whole issue of regulatory compliance for sensitive data. All of this has nations building walls around their data centers to keep sensitive information within the country.Vultr sites a survey by Accenture that found 50% of European CXOs list data sovereignty as a top issue when selecting cloud vendors, with more than a third are looking to move 25-75% of data, workloads, or assets to a sovereign cloud. Vultr Sovereign Cloud and Private Cloud are designed for governments, research institutions, and enterprises, providing them with access to cloud-native infrastructure while ensuring that critical data, technology, and operations remain within national borders and comply with local regulations. For security, Vultr uses air-gapped deployments (meaning systems are physically disconnected) and a dedicated control plane that is under the customer’s direct control, providing complete isolation of data and processing power from global cloud resources. For enterprises, Vultr offers Vultr Container Registry with “train anywhere, scale everywhere” infrastructure, which enables models to be trained in one location but shared across multiple geographies, allowing customers to scale AI models on their own terms. Vultr Sovereign Cloud and Private Cloud are available now. Related content how-to Download our Zero Trust network access (ZTNA) enterprise buyer’s guide From the editors of Network World, this enterprise buyer’s guide helps network and security IT staff understand what ZTNA can do for their organizations and how to choose the right solution. By Josh Fruhlinger and Steve Zurier May 06, 2024 1 min Network Security Enterprise Buyer’s Guides news Network jobs watch: Hiring, skills and certification trends What IT leaders need to know about expanding responsibilities, new titles and hot skills for network professionals and I&O teams. By Denise Dubie May 06, 2024 6 mins Careers Data Center Networking feature IBM’s bets on AI and hybrid cloud pay off Three key differentiators of IBM’s AI and cloud offerings are cross-platform automation, integration with multiple clouds, and tie-ins to IBM professional services. By Jeff Vance May 06, 2024 9 mins Hybrid Cloud Network Management Software Cloud Computing analysis What is a virtual machine, and why are they so useful? Many of today’s IT innovations have their roots in virtual machines (VM) and their ability to separate software from hardware. By Keith Shaw May 03, 2024 9 mins Virtualization Data Center Networking PODCASTS VIDEOS RESOURCES EVENTS NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe