- IBM Sovereign Core aims to provide businesses and governments with secure access to AI
- Customers can add open and approved proprietary models to the platform.
- IT service providers collaborate to offer greater sovereignty
IBM has launched its new IBM Sovereign Core platform, designed to give businesses and governments access to artificial intelligence while maintaining sovereignty for maximum security.
The company explained that the launch of Sovereign Core aligns with the growing demand for control over infrastructure, driven by regulation and governance requirements.
“With IBM Sovereign Core, we are helping clients move faster and with confidence, combining openness, compliance and operational autonomy to meet the demands of the AI era,” explained Priya Srinivasan, general manager of software products at IBM.
IBM launches new sovereign AI platform for enterprise and government clients
The company described Sovereign Core as the industry’s “first” solution for building, deploying and managing AI-ready sovereign environments.
With identity and keys within boundaries, authentication, authorization and encryption keys are stored and managed within jurisdiction boundaries. IBM also understands that its clients will likely need to demonstrate their sovereignty to regulators, which is why it generates evidence of ongoing compliance through system telemetry and audit trails.
Customers can also add open or proprietary models to the platform, and a single plane can manage thousands of cores and hundreds of nodes.
IBM Sovereign Core can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud. IT service providers are also signing up to implement 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 overall idea of sovereignty, beyond where data is stored.
“Partnering with IBM to deliver a pre-built solution across our national environment allows us to deliver enterprise-ready software to our customers, while allowing them to address local compliance standards,” wrote Gaetan Willems, vice president of cloud and digital platforms at Cegeka.
IBM, which was first released as a technology preview in February 2026, promises to add more capabilities to Sovereign Core when it reaches general availability in mid-2026.
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