SAP deploys EU AI Cloud in latest push for data sovereignty

The ERP giant has been working to expand EU-based compute capacity, having pledged more than $20 billion to the effort in September.

Dive Brief: 

• SAP launched its EU AI Cloud, a sovereign AI and cloud offering designed for European customers of the ERP giant, according to a Thursday announcement. 
• The EU AI Cloud allows customers to choose the appropriate level of sovereignty and deployment to meet each company’s needs, including SAP data centers, on-premises facilities or trusted European infrastructure. 
• “EU AI Cloud supports EU data residency and full sovereignty, helping ensure that every organization can meet its unique regulatory and operational requirements,” the company said in the announcement.