Microsoft has launched a public cloud for government customers under the name “Cloud for Sovereignty”, to compete with AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Google cloud. As per the news, “Cloud for Sovereignty” will offer greater control over governments’ data.
Already Microsoft has signed up Italian defense group Leonardo and Belgian telecoms firm Proximus as partners.
The size of the global government cloud market is expected to reach $71.2 billion by 2027 from $27.6 billion in 2021, according to market research firm Imarc Group.
Corey Sanders, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft stated in an interview, “We do expect customers around the world, but the first few customers have been in Europe.”
Microsoft said its cloud product would fulfil obligations around data governance, security controls, privacy of citizens, data residency and other legal requirements.
The tech giant will be localising its “Cloud for Sovereignty” with local partners to provide tailor-made clouds for local governments.
