SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) has taken a major step toward European digital sovereignty with the launch of EU AI Cloud, a full-stack sovereign AI and cloud platform designed for the region. The offering unifies SAP’s previous milestones under a single framework, giving customers the flexibility to choose deployment on SAP data centers, trusted European infrastructure, or fully managed on-site solutions.
EU AI Cloud ensures EU data residency and full sovereignty, enabling organizations to comply with complex regulatory and operational requirements while leveraging advanced AI capabilities.
Cohere Partnership Brings Agentic, Multimodal AI
In a strategic move, SAP has partnered with Cohere to integrate Cohere North, extending state-of-the-art agentic and multimodal AI capabilities into SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). This enables enterprises with data residency constraints to embed production-ready AI into core processes while maintaining sovereignty, compliance, and performance.
The collaboration promises deeper insights, intelligent automation, and more accurate decision support, helping European organizations unlock AI’s full potential without compromising regulatory standards.
A Robust Ecosystem of AI Partners
EU AI Cloud leverages a growing ecosystem of European and global AI partners, including Cohere, Mistral AI, and OpenAI. Customers can consume partner AI models and applications via SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS, and deploy them flexibly across SAP infrastructure or trusted European partners. This approach ensures that enterprises and public sector organizations gain access to the latest AI innovations securely and in full compliance with European regulations.
Flexible, Sovereign Deployment Options
SAP offers a variety of deployment choices to meet different security and sovereignty profiles:
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SAP Sovereign Cloud on SAP Cloud Infrastructure (EU): IaaS using open-source technologies, fully operated within SAP European data centers, ensuring EU data compliance.
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SAP Sovereign Cloud On-Site: Customer-selected or owned infrastructure providing maximum data, operational, technical, and legal sovereignty.
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Selected Hyperscalers per Market: Global cloud deployment with configurable sovereignty features.
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Delos Cloud (Germany): Secure cloud tailored for the public sector with country-specific sovereignty compliance.
With EU AI Cloud, SAP positions itself at the intersection of AI innovation and digital sovereignty, offering European enterprises the freedom, compliance, and flexibility required to modernize workflows while maintaining full control over sensitive data.
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