# How much sovereignty do you need? Sovereign cloud, EU regulations and the cost of control

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Podcast: [DevOps Sauna from Eficode](https://stenobird.com/podcast/devops-sauna-from-eficode)
Published: 2026-08-28T05:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail How sovereign does your cloud actually need to be? In this episode of DevOps Sauna, Pinja Kujala and Kalle Sirkesalo unpack the different levels of digital sovereignty, from basic EU data residency and access control to operational independence, jurisdictional immunity, and fully air-gapped infrastructure. They explore how GDPR, NIS2, DORA, the EU AI Act, and other European regulations are changing cloud strategies, why greater sovereignty comes with significant costs and tr...

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