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Alistair Speirs outlines how to design “sovereign AI” architectures that keep sensitive workloads under the right operational, regulatory, and security controls, while still enabling AI capabilities from edge to cloud. The post connects Azure Local, confidential computing, and Microsoft Foundry/Foundry Local into a single, verifiable foundation.

Alistair Speirs summarizes why Microsoft was named a Leader in Forrester’s Sovereign Cloud Platforms Wave (Q2 2026), and outlines how Microsoft Sovereign Cloud aims to deliver consistent controls across public, private, and partner-operated environments using tools like Azure Arc and Azure Local.