Microsoft Sovereign Cloud provides additional governance, productivity and support for large AI models that run securely even when completely disconnected – The official Microsoft blog

Microsoft Sovereign Cloud provides additional governance, productivity and support for large AI models that run securely even when completely disconnected – The official Microsoft blog

By Paul Nyhan
Publication Date: 2026-02-24 10:20:00

As digital sovereignty becomes a strategic requirement, companies are rethinking how they deploy critical infrastructure and AI capabilities under stricter regulatory requirements and higher risk conditions. Microsoft’s approach to sovereignty is based on enabling companies, public sectors and regulated industries to participate in the digital economy securely, independently and on their own terms. The Microsoft Sovereign Cloud unifies productivity, security and cloud workloads for public and private environments. Customers can choose the right control position for any workload through a continuum of confident options that protect them from architectural fragmentation or increased operational risk. Trust is based on trust: trust that data remains protected, controls are enforceable, and operations can continue under real-world conditions.

To support these confidential environments, Microsoft provides full-stack capabilities…