Private infrastructure for ministries, agencies, and regulated public bodies — built entirely on open-source, operated within your legal jurisdiction, with no US vendor in the chain of custody. EU and UAE entities. No CLOUD Act exposure.
Sovereignty is NOT data residency. A hyperscaler's "government region" only tells you where data is stored — not who controls the API, the hardware, the networking, the staff with server access, or the legal jurisdiction of the operator. Take the 8-layer sovereignty checklist →
For government and regulated public sector bodies, digital sovereignty is not a preference — it is a legal and constitutional requirement.
The US CLOUD Act (2018) compels US-incorporated companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon US government request. AWS, Azure, Google, and Salesforce are all subject — regardless of which region you selected.
This is not a theoretical risk. US government data requests have been served to cloud vendors for data about foreign government officials.
European government bodies must comply with GDPR, NIS2, DORA. Gulf entities must comply with UAE PDPL, Saudi NDMO, and sector regulations from CBUAE, DIFC, and ADGM.
Most public cloud "compliance" offerings address certifications — not the jurisdictional sovereignty requirements that actually apply to government data.
Government continuity cannot depend on a foreign commercial vendor's financial health, sanctions status, or business priorities. When a vendor is sanctioned or acquired, government services face a continuity crisis.
Sovereign infrastructure means your operations are independent of any vendor's continued existence.
Requires personal data of EU citizens is processed under adequate standards. Using a US vendor's infrastructure may constitute an international transfer triggering GDPR Chapter V requirements — even if data "stays in the EU."
Mandatory cybersecurity requirements for essential and important entities. Supply chain security obligations mean your cloud vendor's risk becomes your regulatory risk.
The EU is legislating to increase data portability, reduce vendor lock-in, and establish technical requirements for switching. The Cloud Rulebook sets trustworthy cloud characteristics for public sector use.
Applies to financial entities and their ICT service providers. Requires concentration risk management — over-reliance on a single cloud vendor is a regulatory risk.
Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021. Transfers outside the UAE require adequate protection. Sensitive categories include health, financial, criminal, and children's data.
Dubai International Financial Centre and Abu Dhabi Global Market have their own GDPR-modelled data protection regulations. Financial entities have specific data residency obligations.
Saudi Arabia's National Data Governance Interim Regulations and PDPL establish requirements for data localisation for certain categories and sector-specific requirements.
Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and Oman have enacted or are developing data protection legislation with localisation requirements and penalties for cross-border transfer without approval.
No shared tenancy. Your workloads run on hardware physically dedicated to your organisation — in a data centre in your jurisdiction, operated by your staff or under your direct oversight.
Encryption keys generated and held on HSMs that you own and physically control. Not "customer-managed keys" on vendor HSMs — actual key sovereignty where key material never leaves your hardware.
Fully air-gapped infrastructure with no internet connectivity for classified workloads. All software updates via offline repositories. AI model deployment via secure offline transfer.
Immutable, tamper-evident audit logs for all administrative actions, data access events, and policy changes — stored on infrastructure you control.
Deploy open-weight language models on GPU clusters within your own data centre. Government documents and citizen data processed through AI never leave the government perimeter.
Physically or logically separated zones for different classification levels — Unclassified, Restricted, Confidential, and Secret — with cross-domain controls.
Ask these questions about your current cloud infrastructure. If the answer to any is "No" or "We don't know" — you have a sovereignty gap.
Is your cloud vendor incorporated outside the United States?
If no: CLOUD Act may apply to your data regardless of region
Do you hold the physical HSM containing your encryption keys?
If no: "customer-managed keys" are stored on vendor hardware
Can you continue operations if your vendor terminates your account tomorrow?
If no: critical business continuity dependency exists
Do you know the exact physical location of all copies of your data?
If no: replication may have crossed jurisdictional boundaries
Can you conduct a penetration test without notifying your vendor first?
If no: your security team does not fully control the perimeter
Does your AI processing stay within your infrastructure?
If no: government data may be processed on foreign commercial AI infrastructure
Could you replicate your entire infrastructure to a different location within 30 days?
If no: vendor lock-in through proprietary APIs or data egress costs
Are your audit logs stored independently of your cloud vendor?
If no: a compromised vendor environment could alter audit records
Netherlands entity · EU law · GDPR · NIS2
Our EU entity, based in The Hague, serves government ministries, agencies, public bodies, and regulated enterprises across the European Union. The Netherlands is home to NATO, the ICJ, the OPCW, and Europol.
We deliver private cloud, Kubernetes, and sovereign AI infrastructure deployable in any EU member state, designed from the ground up for GDPR compliance and NIS2 alignment.
UAE entity · RAKEZ · UAE PDPL · GCC
SDcloud FZ-LLC, incorporated in RAKEZ, serves GCC government bodies, UAE regulatory authorities, and enterprise clients across the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia.
Our UAE-incorporated entity is completely outside CLOUD Act jurisdiction — critical for GCC governments seeking infrastructure partners who cannot be compelled by US government data requests.
Two entities — NL (EU) and UAE — neither subject to US CLOUD Act jurisdiction
100% open-source: no proprietary APIs, no per-node licences, no exit costs by design
Fully isolated deployments for classified workloads, with offline AI model capability
Builds internal government capability — not dependence on us or any private vendor
Our engineers provide confidential technical briefings for government CIOs, CTOs, and security officers — covering the specific regulatory requirements and infrastructure architecture relevant to your ministry or agency.