Sovereign Cloud

• Geographic boundaries — Data never leaves the specified region
• Local data centers — Infrastructure hosted in-country
• Network isolation — Traffic stays within regional boundaries
• Backup locality — Backups stored in the same jurisdiction

• GDPR compliance — EU data protection requirements
• Data localization — Meet country-specific data residency laws
• Government standards — FedRAMP, IL4/IL5, BSI C5
• Industry regulations — HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOX

• Local operations — Support and operations teams in-region
• Audit access — On-premises audit capabilities
• Key management — Customer-controlled encryption keys
• Access controls — Citizenship-based access restrictions

Data residency means data is stored in a specific location. Data sovereignty goes further—it ensures data is subject only to the laws of that location and can't be accessed by foreign governments.

Choose bare metal when you need hardware-level isolation, consistent performance without noisy neighbors, compliance requirements that prohibit shared infrastructure, or workloads that benefit from direct hardware access (databases, HPC, ML training).

Key benefits:

• No shared resources — Dedicated CPU, memory, storage, and network
• Hardware-level isolation — No hypervisor vulnerabilities
• Predictable performance — No noisy neighbor issues
• Full hardware access — Direct access to CPU features, GPUs, and specialized hardware
• Compliance friendly — Meets strict isolation requirements for government and financial services

Provisioning & Management

• Automated bare metal provisioning (30 minutes to production)
• IPMI/BMC access for remote management
• PXE boot with custom images
• Hardware RAID configuration
• BIOS/UEFI customization

Networking

• Dedicated 10/25/100 Gbps network interfaces
• Private VLAN isolation
• BGP peering for your own IP space
• DDoS protection included
• Hardware firewall options

Storage Options

• Local NVMe SSD (up to 30TB per server)
• Local HDD (up to 200TB per server)
• SAN connectivity (iSCSI, Fibre Channel)
• Distributed storage (Ceph, MinIO)
• Backup to object storage

Deploy sovereign Kubernetes clusters on bare metal for maximum isolation:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                 Sovereign Bare Metal Cluster                 │
│  ┌─────────────┐  ┌─────────────┐  ┌─────────────┐         │
│  │ Control     │  │ Control     │  │ Control     │         │
│  │ Plane 1     │  │ Plane 2     │  │ Plane 3     │         │
│  │ (Bare Metal)│  │ (Bare Metal)│  │ (Bare Metal)│         │
│  └─────────────┘  └─────────────┘  └─────────────┘         │
│                                                              │
│  ┌─────────────┐  ┌─────────────┐  ┌─────────────┐  ┌───┐  │
│  │ Worker 1    │  │ Worker 2    │  │ Worker 3    │  │...│  │
│  │ (Bare Metal)│  │ (Bare Metal)│  │ (Bare Metal)│  │   │  │
│  │ 128 cores   │  │ 128 cores   │  │ 128 cores   │  │   │  │
│  │ 512GB RAM   │  │ 512GB RAM   │  │ 512GB RAM   │  │   │  │
│  └─────────────┘  └─────────────┘  └─────────────┘  └───┘  │
│                                                              │
│  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│  │          Distributed Storage (Ceph/Rook)             │   │
│  │              Customer-Managed Encryption              │   │
│  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Managed Kubernetes on bare metal includes:

• K8s or K3s cluster deployment
• Automated node provisioning
• Cluster autoscaling (add/remove bare metal nodes)
• Persistent storage with Rook-Ceph
• Ingress and load balancing
• Monitoring with Prometheus/Grafana
• GitOps deployment with ArgoCD/Flux

Bare metal servers are available in select sovereign regions. Lead time is typically 24-72 hours for standard configurations. Contact us for custom configurations or high-volume deployments.

Evaluate your data sovereignty requirements and create a compliance roadmap.

Assessment includes:

• Current data flow mapping
• Regulatory requirement analysis
• Gap assessment against target compliance
• Architecture recommendations
• Migration complexity evaluation

Deploy compliant infrastructure in sovereign cloud environments.

Deployment services:

• Infrastructure selection — Cloud sovereign regions, local providers, or dedicated bare metal
• Architecture design — Data residency-aware architecture
• Network configuration — Regional isolation and traffic controls
• Identity management — Local identity providers and access controls
• Encryption setup — Customer-managed keys with local HSMs
• Bare metal provisioning — Dedicated servers with hardware-level isolation

Ongoing management of your sovereign cloud environment.

Operations include:

• 24/7 monitoring from in-region teams
• Compliance monitoring and reporting
• Security patching and updates
• Incident response with local personnel
• Regular compliance audits

All resources deployed within a single sovereign region:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│           Sovereign Region (EU-DE)          │
│  ┌─────────┐  ┌─────────┐  ┌─────────┐     │
│  │   App   │  │   DB    │  │ Backup  │     │
│  │ Servers │  │ Cluster │  │ Storage │     │
│  └─────────┘  └─────────┘  └─────────┘     │
│                                             │
│  ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│  │     Customer-Managed Encryption     │   │
│  │            Keys (HSM)               │   │
│  └─────────────────────────────────────┘   │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Global application with data staying in respective regions:

┌──────────────────┐    ┌──────────────────┐
│    EU Region     │    │   APAC Region    │
│  ┌────────────┐  │    │  ┌────────────┐  │
│  │ EU Users   │  │    │  │ APAC Users │  │
│  │ EU Data    │  │    │  │ APAC Data  │  │
│  └────────────┘  │    │  └────────────┘  │
└────────┬─────────┘    └────────┬─────────┘
         │                       │
         └───────┬───────────────┘
                 │
    ┌────────────▼────────────┐
    │   Global Control Plane  │
    │   (Metadata only, no    │
    │   customer data)        │
    └─────────────────────────┘

Even with sovereign data storage, consider where metadata flows. Control plane operations, logging, and monitoring may need to stay within regional boundaries for full compliance.

• Data processing within EU/EEA
• Right to erasure implementation
• Data portability support
• Breach notification procedures
• Data Protection Impact Assessments

• French government security qualification
• Required for sensitive government data
• Annual audits by ANSSI
• Strict operational requirements

• German federal security standard
• Cloud-specific controls
• Annual attestation required
• Transparency requirements

• US federal government standard
• Three impact levels (Low, Moderate, High)
• Continuous monitoring requirements
• Third-party assessment required

Maintain full control over encryption:

• Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) — Import your keys to cloud HSM
• Hold Your Own Key (HYOK) — Keys never leave your premises
• Local HSM — Hardware security modules in sovereign region

• At rest: AES-256 encryption
• In transit: TLS 1.3
• Key rotation: Automated with configurable schedules
• Key escrow: Optional for business continuity

With customer-managed keys, you're responsible for key availability. Lost keys mean lost data. Implement robust key backup and recovery procedures.

• Business hours support (local timezone)
• 4-hour response for critical issues
• Quarterly compliance reviews
• Email and ticket support

• Extended hours (16x7)
• 1-hour response for critical issues
• Monthly compliance reviews
• Dedicated Slack channel
• Named support contacts

• 24/7 support with local teams
• 15-minute response for critical issues
• Continuous compliance monitoring
• Dedicated account team
• On-site support available