Data sovereignty emerges as universal business risk just as billions flow to US clouds

As President Trump's UK State Visit draws to a close with tens of billions in US tech investment pledges, a contradiction emerges. While Microsoft commits £22 billion and Google promises £5 billion to expand their UK operations, new research suggests organizations are increasingly concerned about the very dependencies such investments create.

Pure Storage released findings this week showing that 100 percent of industry leaders surveyed across nine countries now view data sovereignty risks as forcing organizations to reconsider where their data is located. The irony should not be lost on us - as the UK celebrates record AI investment from American hyperscalers, every single expert interviewed for the research expressed concern about the geopolitical risks of depending on non-domestic providers.

Patrick Smith, Field CTO EMEA, Pure Storage, outlines the researched, which was conducted with the University of Technology Sydney, and says:

Data sovereignty has just become the hottest topic that ...