Deconstructing data sovereignty

With increased data flow from big data, AI and global payment processing, maintaining control over digital infrastructure has shifted from critical to foundational.

What if the economic concept of supply drives demand wasn’t accurate? If there is no demand, it could be because there isn’t enough supply. So what if demand drives supply?

 

What if the demand for data sovereignty, the demand to maintain operational control over your digital infrastructure, created a supply of sovereignty solutions that allowed control, compliance and security?

 

 

What if data sovereignty was foundational?

 

We are in the second age of foundational technologies shifting from railroads and telegraph poles to blockchain, the metaverse, edge computing, IT and data governance. 

 

Technology that allows us to remake the world and innovate in ways that can shape how companies do business, reinventing each industry.  Data governance has impacted how companies manage their digital assets like data. 

 

The increased use of AI and machine learning has led to a hyper-focus on data governance and privacy. So now we have more data, demand, and not enough technology to control that data, where it is stored, how it flows, and how it is accessed.

 

UBS Wealth Management estimates that data generation will reach 660 zettabytes after growing more than tenfold from 2020 to 2030. So, the challenge to maintain compliance increases in parallel with the demand to maintain sovereignty over digital infrastructure

Moving at the speed of data

 

Nearly 70% of enterprises say they can’t locate and identify all of their data, and this problem will worsen as data continues to increase. Data developer Sven Balnojan predicts the world will need more storage capacity to house as much as 500,000 zettabytes of data by 2050. 

 

If companies want to keep up with that level of growth, they’ll need a sovereign digital infrastructure that brings structure to their business. Hyperscalers aren’t there yet because their business model–one that counts on you not knowing–frequently relying on third parties and operating as a pass-through.

 

Hyperscalers don’t have control over where the data is stored—data residency—which means companies don’t know how to stay compliant when they can’t point to where their data sits. It could be anywhere in the world, making compliance hard to maintain.

 

Legacy data centres weren’t built for the data flow we are witnessing today. From the power supply and energy efficiency protocols to modular and scalable solutions, first-generation data centres aren’t ready for the demand companies operate in. 

Hyper sovereign as foundational

 

Achieving data sovereignty means starting with control—control of your digital infrastructure, where your data is located, and how it is accessed. That doesn’t mean using a hyperscaler, then finding a data centre and engaging with a colocation company–it means one sovereign technology provider. 

 

A foundational technology provider that can provide the hyper-private scaling  ecosystem where sovereign is built in from the ground up. An environment where a company can point to the location, the rack, where their data is stored.  

 

Demand is already here. 

 

It’s a new day in data sovereignty. Welcome to Ilkari. We are glad you are with us on this journey. 

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