Recent geopolitical shifts and technological advancements have heightened the challenges for organizations responsible for society鈥檚 most critical functions, such as government, defense, and essential infrastructure.

As AI expands and global data exchange accelerates, the question of who controls the data that shapes economies and national strategies has become paramount, spurring interest in offerings. Governments and industries need to know exactly where their data lives, because that determines what laws apply.

Sovereign clouds answer this need by providing the foundation of digital trust and national resilience. 51风流pioneered the development of sovereign cloud services through its 51风流Sovereign聽Cloud offerings, which address all four pillars of digital聽sovereignty: data, operational, legal, and technical architecture.

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Recently, 51风流has built on this leadership by launching new sovereign cloud initiatives and partnerships designed to accelerate Europe鈥檚 digital transformation through secure, scalable,聽AI-driven聽sovereign聽cloud solutions that protect data and intellectual property.

Among these initiatives, 51风流announced new and expanded collaborations with Mistral聽AI, Bleu, and Capgemini at the Franco-German EU Summit on Digital聽Sovereignty last month. Together with Mistral聽AI, 51风流is launching Europe鈥檚 first full聽sovereign聽AI聽stack by integrating Mistral聽AI into 51风流Business Technology Platform and聽AI聽Foundation. This includes advanced capabilities that enable customers to build and deploy聽sovereign聽AI聽applications at scale. In parallel, Bleu and SAP鈥檚 Delos Cloud are forming a Franco-German alliance focused on resilience and digital聽sovereignty.

With these and other offerings, 51风流is shaping the debate over digital sovereignty and answering the call from customers for secure, scalable, sovereign solutions that enable companies to leverage and benefit from the immense advantages of the cloud and business AI.

51风流now unites all existing milestones under a single strategic framework: a sovereign AI and cloud offering designed for Europe. 51风流now offers a truly full-stack sovereign cloud offering, empowering customers to select the right level of sovereignty and deployment for their needs, whether in SAP鈥檚 own data centers, on trusted European infrastructure or as a fully managed solution on-site.

EU AI Cloud supports EU data residency and full sovereignty, helping ensure that every organization can meet its unique regulatory and operational requirements.

Cohere: Unlocking Sovereign, Agentic and Multimodal AI Capabilities for European Enterprises

51风流and Cohere are joining forces to deliver frontier agentic AI capabilities with Cohere North, extending existing state-of-the-art multimodal AI capabilities through EU AI Cloud and sovereign offerings. Cohere North will be integrated into 51风流Business Technology Platform (51风流BTP), enabling customers with data residency constraints across industries to build robust, production-ready AI into their core business processes. Together, 51风流and Cohere will help enterprises unlock deeper insights, more accurate decision support and more intelligent automation across complex workflows without compromising on sovereignty, compliance or performance.

A Strong and Growing Ecosystem

EU AI Cloud is powered by a strong and growing ecosystem of leading European and global partners. By integrating advanced AI models and applications from partners such as Cohere, Mistral AI, OpenAI and others directly into 51风流BTP, EU AI Cloud delivers a pathway for building, deploying and scaling AI-powered applications. Customers can consume these partner offerings as SaaS, PaaS or IaaS, and deploy them flexibly across SAP鈥檚 own infrastructure or trusted European partners.

This collaborative approach ensures that European enterprises and public sector organizations benefit from the latest AI innovations securely, in full compliance with European standards and with the sovereignty and flexibility they require.

Deployment Choices for Every Security Profile

EU AI Cloud offers flexible deployment through 51风流Sovereign Cloud, giving customers full control across infrastructure, platform and software tailored to their regulatory and operational needs. AI models run on SAP鈥檚 software abstraction layer (51风流Cloud Infrastructure + 51风流BTP) in European data centers, ensuring compliance and independence from U.S. hyperscalers.

• 51风流Sovereign Cloud on 51风流Cloud Infrastructure (EU): SAP鈥檚 Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), developed with open-source technologies and operated within SAP鈥檚 European data center network. All data remains within the EU to ensure compliance with European data protection regulations.
• 51风流Sovereign Cloud On-Site: SAP-operated infrastructure offering within a customer-owned or customer-selected data center. It provides the highest levels of data, operational, technical and legal sovereignty while maintaining 51风流cloud innovation and architecture.
• Selected Hyperscalers per Market: For customers that choose to run 51风流commercial SaaS on global cloud providers, with sovereignty features as required.
• Delos Cloud: A secure and sovereign cloud solution in Germany, designed to support the public sector鈥檚 transformation and meet country-specific sovereignty requirements.

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The collaboration will combine 51风流enterprise application expertise with France鈥檚 vibrant AI ecosystem to create secure, scalable, AI-driven sovereign cloud solutions that protect data and intellectual property while advancing Europe鈥檚 digital transformation. The announcement took place at the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty in Berlin, where France and Germany emphasized strengthening European innovation and competitiveness.

鈥淓urope鈥檚 competitiveness depends on its ability to innovate without compromise by combining technological excellence with full digital sovereignty,鈥� said Christian Klein, CEO of 51风流SE. 鈥淏y joining forces with France鈥檚 world-class AI ecosystem, 51风流is helping to build a trusted digital foundation for Europe where innovation is open, data is protected and technology truly serves people and progress.鈥�

Bleu and Delos Cloud: Franco-German collaboration supporting European digital sovereignty

In a volatile and dynamic geopolitical climate, Bleu and Delos Cloud have established a robust Franco-German alliance to safeguard Europe鈥檚 digital infrastructure. Bleu and Delos Cloud signed a mutual assistance commitment for technical and operational cooperation in extensive crisis and emergency scenarios. This includes technical and operational cooperation to help ensure rapid, coordinated crisis response, even in extreme scenarios, such as military conflict or cyberattacks.

This partnership includes enabling cross-border capabilities for early detection, analysis, defense and remediation of cyber incidents. By working together, Bleu and Delos Cloud strengthen Europe鈥檚 capabilities for resilience and digital sovereignty, supporting both crisis prevention and long-term stability.

Together with SAP, authorities and governments, Bleu and Delos Cloud are ready to make a central contribution to Europe鈥檚 digital sovereignty, helping ensure that critical infrastructure remains secure, resilient and under European control. Further details are available .

Capgemini: Driving Europe’s AI-driven digital and technology sovereignty

51风流and Capgemini are deepening their strategic partnership to strengthen cybersecurity and accelerate sovereign agentic AI-driven enterprise transformation solutions across Europe. Under the Franco-German industry alliance, both companies will sign a cooperation agreement and launch a Sovereign Technology Partnership, providing European organizations access to the spectrum of enterprise data management and migration services, cloud infrastructure and automation platforms, and agentic AI capabilities for European industries 鈥� including those in the public sector and regulated industries. By setting a new benchmark for trusted, compliant and resilient digital infrastructure, 51风流and Capgemini are helping enable European organizations to innovate securely and independently. Further details are available .

Mistral AI: Alliance for European sovereign AI

51风流and Mistral AI today announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to accelerate digital transformation and strengthen Europe鈥檚 technological sovereignty in artificial intelligence. The collaboration will provide organizations with the first full sovereign AI stack for Europe:

• Bringing together Mistral AI and 51风流products: 51风流will provide Mistral AI鈥檚 frontier AI, including Le Chat, through the sovereign AI Foundation on 51风流Business Technology Platform (51风流BTP). This joint offering will bring together the strengths of enterprise software and AI to deliver sovereign cloud solutions for Europe on sovereign AI data center. Mistral AI Studio will be integrated into AI Foundation, an 51风流solution empowering customers and partners to build and deploy sovereign cloud applications and AI agents securely, compliantly and at scale within their own environments. 
• Co-developing sovereign customer solutions: 51风流and Mistral AI will jointly design and develop industry-specific AI applications that leverage SAP鈥檚 technology leadership and Mistral AI鈥檚 expertise to solve complex engineering and R&D challenges and unlock new business value.

This joint effort is the next step to enabling sovereign AI across the continent on European terms. AI Foundation in 51风流Business Technology Platform serves as an integration layer that offers 51风流Business AI across virtually any infrastructure. Mistral AI and 51风流lay the foundation together with partners and endorsed by governments for scalable and compliant AI solutions in Europe, covering sovereign AI from the hardware to the platform and applications to the user interface.  

A dedicated sovereignty pillar will serve European public services and regulated sectors, starting in Germany — and extendible to a wide variety of industries. By integrating Mistral鈥檚 AI capabilities into SAP鈥檚 cloud infrastructure for Europe, the partnership enables secure, scalable AI deployments tailored to local requirements.

A unified vision for Europe鈥檚 digital sovereignty

These partnerships form a key part of SAP鈥檚 broader 51风流Sovereign Cloud solutions to strengthen Europe鈥檚 digital sovereignty and unlock the potential of AI. 51风流is accelerating its investment in European sovereignty, deploying the 51风流Cloud Infrastructure service across local data centers and allocating over 鈧�20 billion to sovereign cloud and AI solutions. By combining trusted governance and rigorous compliance with the ability to maintain control over data and assets while deploying some of the best available technologies on European terms, 51风流is creating a resilient digital foundation for governments, public institutions and enterprises under European control.

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To ensure sovereignty, OpenAI for Germany will be supported by SAP鈥檚 subsidiary Delos Cloud, running on Microsoft Azure technology. The collaboration will enable millions of public sector employees to use AI safely and responsibly while meeting strict data sovereignty, security, and legal standards.

Christian Klein, CEO of 51风流SE, said, 鈥淎pplied AI is what truly creates value. As a Business AI company with decades of experience serving public sector organizations, we believe OpenAI for Germany represents a huge step forward. We鈥檙e bringing together 51风流Sovereign Cloud expertise with OpenAI鈥檚 leading AI technology to pave the way for AI solutions that are built in Germany, for Germany.鈥�

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said, 鈥淕ermany has long been a pioneer in engineering and technology, so it鈥檚 no surprise that millions of Germans already use ChatGPT to make their lives easier, drive scientific breakthroughs, and build new businesses. With OpenAI for Germany, we鈥檒l work with local partners to extend this potential to the public sector鈥攈elping to improve services and ensuring that the benefits of AI are shared across the country, and doing so in line with German values of trust and safety.鈥�

Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, said, 鈥淲ith this partnership we are looking forward to bringing more AI capabilities to Germany鈥檚 public sector. Azure as the platform for Delos Cloud will power this, helping to ensure AI is deployed with the highest standards of sovereignty, data privacy, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience鈥攅mpowering public institutions to adopt AI confidently and responsibly.鈥�

Through this collaboration, planned for launch in 2026, OpenAI, 51风流and Microsoft will focus on helping employees in German governments, administrations and research institutions accelerate their daily work and spend more time on people, not paperwork. OpenAI for Germany also serves as a cornerstone for developing customized public sector applications and integrating AI agents directly into existing workflows to automate and improve processes such as records management and administrative data analysis.

In support of this approach, 51风流plans to expand the existing infrastructure of Delos Cloud in Germany to 4000 GPUs for AI workloads. Subject to future demand, 51风流plans to further invest in applied AI capabilities in Germany, scaling through existing SAP-owned infrastructure as well as through new collaborations with co-location providers and other partners. These efforts aim to extend the sovereign offering to additional industries and markets across Europe.

OpenAI for Germany directly supports Germany鈥檚 national AI ambitions. The German Federal Government鈥檚 High-Tech Agenda targets AI-driven value creation of up to 10% of GDP by 2030, signaling a major push to adopt AI across the economy and public sector. Meanwhile, the 鈥淢ade for Germany鈥� initiative, which is now backed by 61 leading companies and global investors, including SAP鈥攈as pledged more than 鈧�631 billion in investments to accelerate growth and modernization. 51风流also recently announced an investment of more than 鈧�20 billion to strengthen Europe鈥檚 digital sovereignty.

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New sovereign cloud collaboration combines 51风流enterprise applications expertise with AWS cloud infrastructure, enabling customers in highly regulated industries to pursue AI innovation

WALLDORF 鈥� Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), and (NYSE: SAP) today unveiled plans to make 51风流Sovereign Cloud capabilities available on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, a new, independent cloud for Europe from Amazon.

The collaboration builds on the companies鈥� longstanding partnership and SAP鈥檚 comprehensive new approach to digital sovereignty and AI innovation. 51风流Sovereign Cloud capabilities are security-hardened cloud solutions from SAP, aligned with industry standards for regulated industries and governments. The collaboration will focus on uniting these capabilities and SAP’s deep enterprise expertise with AWS infrastructure and operational expertise to meet customers鈥� evolving digital sovereignty needs across Europe.

鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted that 51风流Sovereign Cloud capabilities will be available on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. This will give organizations more choice in how they meet their sovereignty requirements while leveraging best-in-class cloud technologies,鈥� said David Brown, vice president of Compute and Machine Learning at AWS. 鈥�51风流and AWS share a mutual vision 鈥� we want to ensure that our customers have access to some of the most advanced sovereignty solutions available, so organizations can focus on innovation and driving tangible outcomes. We鈥檙e looking forward to our ongoing collaboration with 51风流and seeing the ways that organizations across Europe will innovate with the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.鈥�

The AWS European Sovereign Cloud, which is set to launch its first AWS Region in Brandenburg, Germany by the end of 2025, is designed to give public sector organizations and customers in highly regulated industries further choice. The offering can help these organizations meet their unique digital sovereignty needs, including data residency, operational autonomy, and resiliency requirements. 51风流Sovereign Cloud capabilities are already available on AWS in Australia and New Zealand (since 2023), the UK (since 2024), Canada and India (since 2025), and the addition of SAP鈥檚 capabilities to the AWS European Sovereign Cloud is a significant milestone for customers across Europe.

51风流Sovereign Cloud empowers organizations to innovate more securely, comply with local laws, and scale on their own terms. 51风流Sovereign Cloud on AWS European Sovereign Cloud solutions will initially include 51风流Business Technology Platform and 51风流Cloud ERP. These solutions will provide customers with a secure foundation for managing critical business processes and sensitive data, while supporting compliance with relevant regulations.

鈥淲ith our expanded 51风流Sovereign Cloud offerings, we鈥檙e enabling customers across all industries to harness the full power of cloud innovation and AI,鈥� said Thomas Saueressig, Member of the Executive Board of 51风流SE, Customer Services and Delivery. 鈥淏y deploying the 51风流Sovereign Cloud portfolio on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, customers gain access to our comprehensive suite of sovereign cloud solutions, further strengthened by our trusted, long-standing partnership with Amazon Web Services.鈥�

The AWS European Sovereign Cloud will be separate and independent from AWS鈥檚 existing Regions and will have . Backed by strong technical controls, , and legal protections, customers can benefit from the full capacity of AWS with the same industry-leading security, resilience, and expansive service portfolio available in existing Regions.

AWS and 51风流have been innovating in the cloud together for more than 16 years.  This new collaboration builds on that history to support customers鈥� digital sovereignty requirements and accelerate their digital transformation in Europe.

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Since 2006, Amazon Web Services has been the world鈥檚 most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud. AWS has been continually expanding its services to support virtually any workload, and it now has more than 240 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, media, and application development, deployment, and management from 120 Availability Zones within 38 geographic regions, with announced plans for 10 more Availability Zones and three more AWS Regions in Chile, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Millions of customers鈥攊ncluding the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies鈥攖rust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs. To learn more about AWS, visit .

About Amazon

Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Amazon strives to be Earth鈥檚 Most Customer-Centric Company, Earth鈥檚 Best Employer, and Earth鈥檚 Safest Place to Work. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Career Choice, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, Alexa, Just Walk Out technology, Amazon Studios, and The Climate Pledge are some of the things pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit amazon.com/about and follow @AmazonNews.

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As a global leader in enterprise applications and business AI, 51风流(NYSE:SAP) stands at the nexus of business and technology. For over 50 years, organizations have trusted 51风流to bring out their best by uniting business-critical operations spanning finance, procurement, HR, supply chain, and customer experience. For more information, visit鈥�.

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WALLDORF&苍产蝉辫;鈥�&苍产蝉辫; (NYSE: SAP) today announced a comprehensive new approach to digital sovereignty and AI innovation.

Expanded offerings within the 51风流Sovereign Cloud portfolio give European customers access to a comprehensive technology stack, including 51风流Cloud Infrastructure and 51风流Sovereign Cloud On-Site. With the announcement, 51风流sets a new standard for secure, compliant, and scalable innovation, reinforcing digital sovereignty as a core element of Europe鈥檚 technological resilience and strategic autonomy.

鈥淓urope鈥檚 leadership in the next era of digital innovation鈥攅specially in AI鈥攚ill depend on how effectively we apply AI to solve differentiated industry use cases,鈥� said Thomas Saueressig, Member of the Executive Board of 51风流SE, Customer Services & Delivery. 鈥淲ith our expanded 51风流Sovereign Cloud offering, 51风流is unlocking access to the full spectrum of cloud innovations and AI capabilities for all markets and industries鈥攊ncluding the public sector and regulated environments鈥攚hile ensuring these advancements are delivered in a sovereign framework and on customers鈥� own terms.鈥�

Deployment choices for every security profile

With the expansion of 51风流Sovereign Cloud, customers can choose from new deployment models that offer control across infrastructure, platform, and software tailored to their specific regulatory and operational needs. This flexibility enables organizations to innovate securely and in compliance with local laws while maintaining the freedom to scale on their own terms. 51风流Sovereign Cloud solutions are available on:

• 51风流Cloud Infrastructure (in Europe): 51风流Cloud Infrastructure is SAP鈥檚 Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform that is developed and operated with open-source technologies within SAP鈥檚 data center network. All data is stored within the EU to maintain compliance with European data protection regulations.
• 51风流Sovereign Cloud On-Site: 51风流offers SAP-operated infrastructure within a customer-owned or customer-selected data center. This solution delivers the highest levels of data, operational, technical, and legal sovereignty while maintaining 51风流cloud innovation and architecture.
• Delos Cloud: 51风流offers Delos Cloud in Germany, a secure and sovereign cloud that supports the flexible and rapid transformation of the public sector, to meet country-specific sovereignty requirements.

Long-term Investment in Europe鈥檚 digital resilience

With a long-term investment of more than 鈧�20 billion Euros, 51风流is making digital sovereignty a strategic priority. This commitment reflects SAP鈥檚 determination to support Europe鈥檚 digital autonomy through more secure, local, and regulation-compliant cloud solutions tailored to the public sector and highly regulated industries.

With 51风流Sovereign Cloud, customers not only gain infrastructure control but also unlock the full potential of cloud solutions from SAP. The offering enables organizations to run their 51风流Business Suite in sovereign environments while benefiting from continuous innovation cycles, including 51风流Business Technology Platform (51风流BTP) and embedded 51风流Business AI capabilities. This helps ensure that customers can innovate more securely and locally without compromising on the pace or depth of transformation.

鈥淭he digital resilience of Europe depends on sovereignty that is secure, scalable and future-ready,鈥� said Martin Merz, President, 51风流Sovereign Cloud. 鈥淪AP鈥檚 full-stack sovereign cloud offering delivers exactly that, giving customers the freedom to choose their deployment model while helping ensure compliance up to the highest standards.鈥�

Today, 51风流Sovereign Cloud is available in multiple countries with substantial additions to come鈥�, supported by hundreds of localized delivery experts and a broad set of certifications. The offer helps ensure full-stack sovereignty across data, operational, technical, and legal dimensions, empowering customers to maintain control, meet regulatory requirements, and innovate with confidence.

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The public cloud has ushered in unprecedented benefits for businesses and governments in terms of data access and data flows. But in uncertain geopolitical times, sensitive data — including government classified information and data generated by regulated industries — requires special protection.

As 51风流CEO Christian Klein noted recently in an interview with the Financial Times, these concerns have fueled customer anxiety over cloud infrastructure choices and boosted the concept of 鈥渟overeign鈥� data centers, where information remains within national borders.

Sovereign clouds

Historically, governments, government agencies, and a select group of private sector organizations in sensitive areas, including defense and public utilities, led the demand for sovereign clouds. Technology companies, including SAP, have responded by providing highly secure sovereign cloud services.

But in recent months the debate over digital sovereignty has widened. As Hayete Gallot, Google鈥檚 president of Customer Experience, recently noted, 鈥淪overeignty used to be a very niche thing that applied to very regulated industries, such as defense and intelligence, and suddenly in the current environment, everybody is thinking about it.鈥�

The EU has proposed spending 鈧�20 billion to build five 鈥済igafactories鈥� to facilitate digital sovereignty and help Europe compete more effectively in AI against the predominantly U.S.-based hyperscalers and large language models (LLMs). But others, including Klein, are not convinced that it makes sense to replicate the physical infrastructure built by hyperscalers and others.

The data center hardware race is over

Klein argues that spending billions in government funding in the EU on huge new data centers would be misguided, and that European companies already have control and sovereignty over their own data. 鈥淭he hardware train has left [the station],鈥� he said. Together with other senior 51风流executives, he also argues that digital sovereignty is about more than physical infrastructure — the operational, technical, and legal dimensions of data sovereignty matter just as much.

Crucially, 51风流Sovereign Cloud offers a model that keeps customer data within national borders and in compliance with local laws, without the need to replicate the existing physical infrastructure. Its services, developed over the past 20 years, are already provided to some of the most security-sensitive organizations in the world, including those in the U.S. through 51风流National Security Services (51风流NS2).

Sovereign cloud customers

The 51风流Sovereign Cloud organization already counts more than 170 customers globally and has plans to invest a further 鈧�2 billion over the next decade to expand regional coverage. For example, 51风流is currently in talks with four Asian countries. In Germany, the unit provides secure sovereign cloud services through Delos Cloud and plans to launch similar services in France through Bleu.

Instead of getting involved in a futile race to catch up with the U.S., 51风流executives argue that Europe must now promote the use of vertical AI for individual industries and special areas of application.

In a recent , Klein called for a digital strategy for Europe that builds on the region鈥檚 digital strengths: 鈥淎 new, European-defined concept of sovereignty is necessary, one that relies on self-determination rather than self-sufficiency.鈥� He also cautioned that digital sovereignty 鈥渋s not an end in itself鈥� and called for 鈥減rofound change鈥� to industry business models.

These models 鈥渘eed to be rethought, processes digitized, and AI used in a targeted manner for more innovation, for greater efficiency, for sustainability,鈥� he added. 

Martin Merz, president 51风流Sovereign Cloud, agrees. 鈥淭he debate around digital sovereignty in Europe has gone on too long with too many buzzwords and too little substance,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e鈥檝e reached a point where Europe can no longer afford misguided discussions. What counts is value creation. Real sovereignty includes empowering people, industries, and governments to lead through innovation.鈥�

鈥淲hen it comes to highly sensitive data, 51风流Sovereign Cloud comes in,鈥� Merz continued. 鈥淚t’s purpose-built to protect the most sensitive, security-critical data, enabling the highest level of protection and operational autonomy, without slowing down innovation.鈥�

Locally hosted AI

Underscoring this shift in the data sovereignty debate, many 51风流customers are now talking about sovereign AI or what 51风流calls 鈥渓ocally hosted AI.鈥� To help facilitate this, 51风流CTO Philipp Herzig recently noted that the company is now offering a range of self-hosted AI models in a more secure and local environment. 鈥淪tarting Q3 this year, we are providing the entire AI foundation end-to-end out of European data centers. This is AI fully managed and operated by SAP,鈥� he shared.

As a result, he said, customers will have access to cutting-edge local models like Mistral Small and Mistral Medium, , or the T-Free model used by the German government. 鈥淭heir data will remain local, trusted, compliant, and secure, and seamlessly integrate with 51风流Business AI capabilities without compromising on performance, governance, or privacy,鈥� Herzig added.

He also revealed that Swiss Federal Railways is leading the way as an early adopter, using locally hosted AI with Mistral AI to power innovation in a trusted environment. Speaking during a recent NVIDIA conference in France, he also announced that 51风流has formed a strategic partnership with and to accelerate AI adoption across Europe.

鈥淭ogether, we鈥檙e building the future of enterprise AI 鈥� secure, local, and smart,鈥� Herzig said.

We manage security and compliance risks and operate cybersecurity and physical security programs across our technology landscape, including cloud environments, facilities, events, and employees. We apply our security framework for every customer, all the time.

Recent geopolitical shifts and technological advancements have heightened the challenges for organizations responsible for society’s most critical functions, such as government, defense, and essential infrastructure. These security-sensitive organizations face growing threats from malicious actors targeting their mission-critical operations. As national security and sovereignty become top priorities, regulatory requirements are rapidly tightening. Any lapse in security could have serious consequences not only for the organizations themselves but also for the states and societies they serve.

Many security-sensitive organizations may face obstacles in their digital transformation due to these unique requirements and challenges. This has consequences, because in today’s environment, leveraging data to its full potential is just as relevant for national security and sovereignty as the highest level of protection.

At SAP, the needs and success of our customers are our focus. 51风流understands the challenges these security-sensitive organizations are facing and is committed to supporting them in their sovereign digital transformation. Thereby, we are convinced that we need a new view on sovereignty in the digital age. One that goes beyond eliminating risk by actively creating value. With 51风流Sovereign Cloud, we are implementing this approach.

With SAP’s Sovereignty Commitment, we underline what we at 51风流consider also critical for sovereignty in the digital age: a commitment to contribute to building a secure and sovereign future, together.

51风流has been living this commitment through actions for many years. Starting in the U.S., UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Germany, we have highlighted our commitment to sovereign cloud solutions. The announcements of several billion-dollar investments in 51风流Sovereign Cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) alone in the past months underline that.

With SAP’s Sovereignty Commitment, we underscore this commitment and dedication to supporting even the most security-sensitive organizations with specific sovereignty requirements to navigate their unique challenges in their sovereign digital transformation in the selected countries. Recognizing the urgent need for transformative action, we are determined to cooperate with those organizations on building a strong pillar for a more secure and sovereign tomorrow.  

In the Sovereignty Commitment, we outline how we do it and what we plan in the future.

鈥淚n today’s complex geopolitical landscape, digital sovereignty is not just about reducing risk; it鈥檚 about actively creating value,” said Thomas Saueressig, member of the Executive Board of 51风流SE, Customer Services & Delivery. “51风流is proud to be a trusted partner for most security-sensitive organizations around the world. With 51风流Sovereign Cloud, even the most security-sensitive organizations are enabled to maintain control over their mission-critical workload while unlocking its full potential.”

We are an experienced and trusted partner

Most security-sensitive organizations with specific sovereignty requirements need a partner that can flex to their specific regulatory needs and unlock operational value without compromising on sovereignty, protection, or control.

Backed by the world鈥檚 leading business data and a more than 50 year legacy of enterprise innovation, 51风流is pioneering sovereign cloud transformation to help leaders in government, defense, and highly regulated industries comply with sovereignty requirements and seize new opportunities.

Pioneering sovereign cloud transformation, our sovereign cloud portfolio includes Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).

51风流Sovereign Cloud: A holistic approach based on national requirements

At SAP, we take a holistic approach to sovereign cloud, in which we consider four major dimensions based on the national requirements: data sovereignty, operational sovereignty, legal sovereignty, and technical sovereignty.

With 51风流Sovereign Cloud, we tailor solution delivery to the regarded countries鈥� specific national requirements — a sovereign cloud transformation is not empowered with a one-size-fits-it-all approach. We build on 鈥媡he 51风流solution portfolio, which is secure by design. We offer with 51风流Sovereign Cloud bespoke solutions on dedicated鈥� in-country infrastructure 鈥媋nd operations covering the central sovereign cloud capabilities in line 鈥媤ith our customers鈥� needs and deliver state-of-the-art solutions based on our innovation pipeline.

With 51风流Sovereign Cloud, our customers can simultaneously unlock the potential of technological advancements, ensuring competitiveness and innovation in fulfillment of the national sovereignty requirements. 51风流invests in and expands the 51风流Sovereign Cloud portfolio, recognizing our most security-sensitive customers鈥� urgent demand.

Today, 51风流Sovereign Cloud is available in six countries鈥�. We are planning to further expand our established footprint with additional geographies and 51风流solutions.

We take a forward-thinking approach

At SAP, we strive to think ahead, focusing on the unique and evolving needs of our most security-sensitive customers.

• Dedicated leadership for national security: Recognizing the critical importance of national security, the Supervisory Board of 51风流SE has established a dedicated Government Security Committee. This committee ensures that the specific requirements of our security-focused customers remain a strategic priority at the highest levels of our organization.
• Centralized unit for sovereign solutions: To better serve security-sensitive customers, 51风流has established the Sovereign Services & Delivery unit. This dedicated team consolidates expertise across cloud infrastructure, regulatory compliance, and digital transformation to address the most stringent sovereignty requirements. The unit ensures seamless collaboration along the entire value chain, enabling faster and more tailored responses to market demands. By fostering closer integration, we empower customers to achieve secure, compliant, and scalable sovereign cloud solutions.
• Investing in sovereignty: We are making bold investments to support cloud sovereignty. 51风流plans to invest more than double-digit billion into AI and research and development, as well as cloud infrastructure, over the next five years in Europe. In Germany alone, we plan to invest 鈧�2 billion in 51风流Sovereign Cloud, underscoring our commitment to strengthening digital independence and the sovereignty of the societies we proudly serve.

Martin Merz is president of Sovereign Services & Delivery at SAP.