Data Sovereignty Reshapes Cloud-Native Infrastructure Design Amid New EU Regulations

Cloud-native infrastructure design is increasingly being influenced by data sovereignty requirements, shifting the focus from geographic data residency to legal control over data access. This trend is driven by regulations such as the US CLOUD Act and the EU's newly proposed Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA), which introduces a four-tier sovereignty framework for public-sector cloud procurement. Organizations are increasingly building sovereign platforms using open-source components like Kubernetes and OpenStack.