Overview

• SAP said the new offering enables customers to store and process data within India to meet sovereignty requirements for government and regulated sectors.
• Customers can deploy SAP Sovereign Cloud on-site in their own data centres or choose a hyperscaler option through Amazon Web Services.
• The company described the service as a full-stack, open-source–based framework spanning infrastructure, platform, applications, and AI for technical, operational, and legal control.
• SAP announced a 'Sure Operational Facility' at the SAP Labs India Innovation Park in Bengaluru to satisfy stringent national security standards.
• The launch aligns with India’s push for domestic data and AI infrastructure as the IT Ministry advances rules to implement the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, and SAP’s Martin Merz said the firm is investing €20 billion globally in sovereign cloud infrastructure.