Digital sovereignty has quietly become one of the most urgent requirements in the tech sector. Once a matter for policy debate, this is now a critical business issue and as much a matter of resilience as one of compliance.

Indeed while we’ve spoken about the need for digital sovereignty before, recent geopolitical developments have cast the debate in far starker light. With European governments and businesses leaning heavily into digital sovereignty, it’s clear there’s an emerging race to secure critical workloads.

Just how important will digital sovereignty be in 2026?

In this episode, Jane and Rory discuss all things digital sovereignty – how it’s being realized, the scale of the transformation, and how we could see things play out.

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1. Sovereign infrastructure spend to triple in Europe as fifth of workloads stay local
2. What is a sovereign cloud?
3. Sovereign cloud services are now the “bare minimum” expected by customers, and hyperscalers are scrambling to meet demand
4. What the new AWS European Sovereign Cloud means for enterprises
5. What the new Microsoft Sovereign Cloud push means for European customers
6. CIOs wrestle with Europe's new digital sovereignty approach
7. Can the UK achieve AI sovereignty?