99% of enterprise decision-makers agree that data sovereignty is critical.

44% of organizations cite reducing the risk of data breaches as a top motivator for data sovereignty action.

43% of organizations cite gaining greater control over data as a top motivator for data sovereignty action.

72.5% of EMEA organizations are actively deprioritizing data sovereignty in favor of accelerating AI.

58% of UK organizations cite preventing data breaches as the primary reason for data sovereignty efforts.

32% of organizations say market expansion triggers action on data sovereignty.

46% of French leaders cite protecting intellectual property and sensitive information as a primary motivation for data sovereignty.

60% of organizations in Middle East and Africa (MEA) have fully operationalized data sovereignty.

Only 29% of organizations are prioritizing sovereign AI in a concrete, near-term way.

More than 95% of organizations say private and sovereign AI are important.

80% of large U.S. companies rank protecting customer data as 'very' or 'critically' important for data sovereignty.

77% of enterprise leaders say data sovereignty requirements heavily influence their choice of backbone provider.

76% of leaders rated compliance pressures around data sovereignty as extremely or moderately important.

51% of data and IT leaders would shift their AI/ML deployment strategy for better data sovereignty/compliance

28% of businesses said sovereignty is related to data portability.

40% of businesses view data sovereignty as a compliance issue.

77% of IT decision-makers say that data sovereignty is more important than it was three years ago.

36% of businesses said that data sovereignty involves data access, handling, and storage.

41% of surveyed IT decision-makers said data sovereignty is something they need to comply with.

51% of British businesses consider data sovereignty to be "crucial" as part of their data management strategies.