Local Partnerships and Tailored Offerings Key to Sovereign Cloud Success for Google

This IDC Market Note provides an overview of Google Cloud's Digital Sovereignty Summit held in Munich, highlighting the company's evolving sovereign cloud strategy, significant investments in Europe, and partnerships with local providers to address compliance, trust, and innovation needs. Google Cloud has refined its approach to digital sovereignty, offering three main solutions tailored to varying user and market requirements. A central theme of the summit was striking a balance between digital innovation and the imperative for digital independence. Google showcased collaborations with trusted local partners such as STACKIT, Clarence, and S3NS. Such partnerships are critical in building trust and addressing the unique sovereignty needs of the public sector and regulated industries.