GetSovereignCloud Regions by Country
Sovereign cloud providers, data residency laws and regulatory frameworks organised by country and region.
🇦🇺 Australia
Data residency expectations driven by government (ISM, PSPF), financial (APRA CPS 230) and privacy (Privacy Act) requirements.
🇮🇳 India
DPDP Act 2023 and RBI/SEBI sectoral rules create strong data localisation pressure; sovereign AI build-out underway.
🇩🇪 Germany
Strong sovereignty market driven by BSI C5, NIS2, the EU Data Act and classified-capable sovereign clouds.
🇫🇷 France
SecNumCloud qualification is the de facto sovereignty standard; sovereign offerings from OVHcloud, S3NS (Thales/Google).
🇺🇰 United Kingdom
UK sovereign cloud market driven by government (G-Cloud, NCSC), finance (FCA/PRA) and post-Brexit data adequacy rules.
🇧🇷 Brazil
LATAM's largest economy with 215M population. LGPD (Brazilian GDPR-equivalent) enacted 2018.
🇦🇷 Argentina
Growing sovereign cloud demand driven by fintech boom. MercadoLibre (MeliCloud) operates the region's largest private cloud infrastructure.
🇨🇱 Chile
LATAM's most digitized economy with progressive data protection law.
🇲🇽 Mexico
Nearshoring boom driving massive cloud demand. Federal Data Protection Law mandates consent and local data controls.
🇿🇦 South Africa
Africa's most advanced cloud market. POPIA-compliant with Teraco hosting the continent's largest colocation footprint.
🇷🇼 Rwanda
East Africa's smart nation pioneer with government-backed sovereign cloud strategy.
🇰🇪 Kenya
East Africa's tech hub ('Silicon Savannah') with robust cloud adoption.
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Africa's largest economy and population (220M). MainOne provides West Africa's leading sovereign cloud option.
🇲🇦 Morocco
MENA gateway with strategic EU proximity. Maroc Cloud (OVH partnership) enables Moroccan data sovereignty.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
Gulf's largest cloud market ($25B+ projected spend by 2027 under Vision 2030). Multiple sovereign options.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
MENA's digital services hub. e& (formerly EMG) leads sovereign shift.
🇪🇬 Egypt
Africa's most populous nation (110M+) driving rapid digital transformation.
🇸🇬 Singapore
Southeast Asia's top cloud destination. IMDA Trusted Cloud Framework, MAS TRM.
🇻🇳 Vietnam
Rapidly emerging cloud market with Viettel Cloud (military-backed) dominating government and defence segments.
🇹🇠Thailand
Digital Thailand initiative drives sovereign cloud adoption. True Digital Cloud leads.
🇮🇩 Indonesia
Southeast Asia's largest economy with stringent data localisation.
🇲🇾 Malaysia
Established cloud market with MyDigital blueprint driving sovereign cloud adoption.
🇵🇠Philippines
Fast-growing cloud market with Data Privacy Act requiring localization for sensitive data.