- IBM Sovereign Core aims to provide businesses and governments with secure access to AI.
- Customers can contribute approved open and proprietary models to the platform
- IT Service Providers Collaborate to Deliver Greater Sovereignty
IBM has launched its new IBM Sovereign Core platform, designed to enable businesses and governments to access artificial intelligence while preserving their sovereignty for maximum security.
The company explained that the launch of Sovereign Core aligns with the growing demand for control over infrastructure, which is driven by regulatory and governance requirements.
“With IBM Sovereign Core, we help our customers scale faster and with confidence, combining openness, compliance and operational autonomy to meet the demands of the AI era,” said Priya Srinivasan, general manager of IBM software products.
IBM Launches New Sovereign AI Platform for Business and Government
The company described Sovereign Core as the “industry-first solution” for building, deploying and managing AI-ready sovereign environments.
With internal identity and keys, authentication, authorization, and encryption keys are all stored and managed within jurisdictional boundaries. IBM also understands that its clients will likely need to prove their sovereignty to regulators, which is why it generates evidence of ongoing compliance through system telemetry and audit trails.
Customers can also bring open or proprietary models to the platform, and a single plan can handle thousands of cores and hundreds of nodes.
IBM Sovereign Core can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud. IT service providers are also engaged to deploy Sovereign Core, starting with Cegeka in Belgium and the Netherlands, and Computacenter in Germany. In addition to “operational independence,” these offerings also align with the general idea of sovereignty, beyond just where data is stored.
“Partnering with IBM to offer a pre-architected solution through our national environment allows us to provide our customers with ready-to-use software, while allowing them to meet local compliance standards,” wrote Gaetan Willems, Cegeka vice president of cloud and digital platforms.
First released as a technical preview in February 2026, IBM promises to add additional features to Sovereign Core when it becomes generally available in mid-2026.
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