gensai.aiA sovereign cloud is an infrastructure hosted and operated within a framework guaranteeing technological independence, legal security and control over data, out of reach of extraterritorial regulations such as the US Cloud Act. In France, ANSSI's SecNumCloud qualification is the reference, obtained by players like OVHcloud, 3DS OUTSCALE and Cloud Temple.
In practice at Gensai
Gensai favours sovereign deployments for sensitive sectors, such as the compliance assistant hosted on a sovereign RAG.
When is a sovereign cloud a must?
For sensitive or regulated data: healthcare, public sector, financial data, industrial secrets. For the sensitive data of public administrations, French government doctrine requires a SecNumCloud-qualified offer. For most business projects, a French host such as Scaleway or OVHcloud already provides good control over data.
Common mistake
Confusing hosting in France with sovereignty. A service hosted in France by a company subject to US law remains exposed to the Cloud Act. What matters is who operates the service and under which law, not only where the servers are.
Definition written with AI assistance, checked by Sébastien Lecocq, co-founder of Gensai.
Going beyond the definition?
From concept to project: Gensai builds custom, sovereign, GDPR-compliant AI solutions.
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