“Data is like water; it flows freely, but every nation has the right to shape its own channels.”

Introduction

Gartner estimates that global spending on public cloud services will reach $679 billion by 2025, while IBM’s 2024 report indicates that the average cost of a data breach has risen to $4.45 million. These figures reinforce the status of data as a strategic asset, fueling the race for data sovereignty — a nation’s or organization’s ability to control where its data is processed and who has the legal authority to access it.