AWS and SAP Strengthen Partnership to Drive Digital Sovereignty and AI Innovation Across Europe
Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), and SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) have announced a groundbreaking collaboration to advance digital sovereignty across Europe. This partnership will integrate SAP’s enterprise application expertise with AWS’s robust cloud infrastructure, enabling organizations in highly regulated industries to pursue artificial intelligence (AI) innovation while meeting stringent compliance and sovereignty requirements.
At the heart of this collaboration is the integration of SAP Sovereign Cloud capabilities into the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, a new and independent cloud initiative backed by a planned €7.8 billion investment from Amazon. Designed specifically for Europe, the AWS European Sovereign Cloud aims to provide public sector organizations and businesses in regulated industries with greater choice and control over their data and operations.
This strategic alliance builds on the longstanding partnership between AWS and SAP, combining SAP’s deep enterprise knowledge with AWS’s cutting-edge cloud infrastructure and operational expertise. Together, they are addressing the evolving digital sovereignty needs of customers across Europe, empowering organizations to innovate securely, comply with local regulations, and scale their operations on their own terms.
A New Era of Sovereign Cloud Solutions
The AWS European Sovereign Cloud is set to launch its first region in Brandenburg, Germany, by the end of 2025. This new cloud offering is purpose-built to help organizations meet their unique digital sovereignty requirements, including data residency, operational autonomy, and resiliency. The addition of SAP Sovereign Cloud capabilities to this platform marks a significant milestone for European customers, providing them with access to some of the most advanced sovereignty solutions available today.
SAP Sovereign Cloud solutions are security-hardened cloud offerings aligned with industry standards for regulated industries and government entities. These solutions empower organizations to innovate more securely, comply with local laws, and manage sensitive data with confidence. By deploying SAP Sovereign Cloud capabilities on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, customers gain access to a secure foundation for managing critical business processes while adhering to relevant regulations.
David Brown, vice president of Compute and Machine Learning at AWS, emphasized the importance of this collaboration: “We’re delighted that SAP Sovereign Cloud capabilities will be available on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. This will give organizations more choice in how they meet their sovereignty requirements while leveraging best-in-class cloud technologies. SAP and AWS share a mutual vision – we want to ensure that our customers have access to some of the most advanced sovereignty solutions available, so organizations can focus on innovation and driving tangible outcomes. We’re looking forward to our ongoing collaboration with SAP and seeing the ways that organizations across Europe will innovate with the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.”
Enabling Secure Innovation and Compliance
The initial rollout of SAP Sovereign Cloud on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud will include solutions such as SAP Business Technology Platform and SAP Cloud ERP. These offerings provide customers with a secure and scalable foundation for managing critical business processes and sensitive data. By leveraging these tools, organizations can accelerate their digital transformation journeys while maintaining compliance with local and regional regulations.
Thomas Saueressig, Member of the Executive Board of SAP SE, Customer Services and Delivery, highlighted the significance of this collaboration: “With our expanded SAP Sovereign Cloud offerings, we’re enabling customers across all industries to harness the full power of cloud innovation and AI. By deploying the SAP Sovereign Cloud portfolio on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, customers gain access to our comprehensive suite of sovereign cloud solutions, further strengthened by our trusted, long-standing partnership with Amazon Web Services.”
This collaboration addresses the growing demand for sovereign cloud solutions in Europe, where organizations face increasing pressure to balance innovation with regulatory compliance. By combining SAP’s enterprise expertise with AWS’s industry-leading cloud infrastructure, customers can achieve both objectives without compromise.
A Commitment to European Independence
One of the key differentiators of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud is its independence from AWS’s existing regions. The new cloud offering will operate as a separate and self-contained infrastructure, with no critical dependencies on non-EU systems. Backed by strong technical controls, sovereign assurances, and legal protections, the AWS European Sovereign Cloud ensures that customers benefit from the same high standards of security, resilience, and service availability as AWS’s global regions.
This commitment to European independence aligns with the broader goals of digital sovereignty initiatives across the continent. By providing organizations with greater control over their data and operations, AWS and SAP are helping to build a more resilient and self-reliant digital ecosystem in Europe.
Building on a Legacy of Innovation
AWS and SAP have been collaborating for over 16 years, consistently delivering innovative cloud solutions to customers worldwide. This latest collaboration represents a natural evolution of their partnership, focusing on the unique challenges and opportunities presented by the European market. By combining their respective strengths, AWS and SAP are empowering organizations to navigate the complexities of digital sovereignty while accelerating their adoption of AI and other transformative technologies.
The integration of SAP Sovereign Cloud capabilities into the AWS European Sovereign Cloud underscores the companies’ shared commitment to supporting Europe’s digital future. As organizations across the continent continue to embrace cloud innovation, this collaboration will play a pivotal role in helping them achieve their goals while maintaining compliance and sovereignty.
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Since 2006, Amazon Web Services has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud. AWS has been continually expanding its services to support virtually any workload, and it now has more than 240 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, media, and application development, deployment, and management from 120 Availability Zones within 38 geographic regions, with announced plans for 10 more Availability Zones and three more AWS Regions in Chile, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs. To learn more about AWS, visit aws.amazon.com.
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