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For example, 51 percent of respondents consider the topic to be very important (2025: 42 percent), and 76 percent expect its importance to continue to grow. At the same time, 40 percent have not yet invested in related initiatives, and only 10 percent have a dedicated budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drivers: From Regulation to Risk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Regulatory requirements remain the most important external driver at 61 percent, but are losing ground (2025: 69 percent). Risk-driven factors are on the rise: political developments in the U.S. (54 percent, up 8 points), cybersecurity incidents (49 percent, up 7 points), and concerns about dependence on public cloud providers (46 percent, up 6 points). Internally, the main drivers are the use of data and AI in core processes (62 percent), increasing data sensitivity (52 percent), and growing vendor dependencies (49 percent). <\/p>

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Only 38 percent of companies have implemented sovereignty governance, while 46 percent have an established technical architecture. In terms of measures, cybersecurity (43 percent) and hybrid cloud and on-premises strategies (35 percent) dominate. The proportion of companies with repatriation initiatives has doubled within a year, from 8 to 16 percent. Regionally, North America stands out: 73 percent of companies there are funding sovereignty measures, compared to 56 percent in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201eBy 2026, sovereignty had become a prerequisite for,<\/em>
\u201dScaling data and AI securely in core production processes.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carsten Bange,<\/strong>
Founder and CEO,
Barc<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

More Than Just a Compliance Add-on<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Carsten Bange, founder and CEO of Barc, comments: \u201eBy 2026, sovereignty has become a prerequisite for securely scaling data and AI in core production processes, and thus goes far beyond being merely a compliance add-on. Many programs start with a strategy and funding but then fail due to a lack of resources and technical hurdles. Anyone looking to scale needs reproducible architectural patterns and clear governance guidelines.\u201c <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How important is data sovereignty in your company right now? n = 320.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sovereignty as a Driver of Innovation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

46 percent see sovereignty initiatives as having a positive effect on innovation capacity, while 9 percent see them as having a negative effect. Among companies with a dedicated budget, the proportion of positive assessments rises to 71 percent. At the same time, technical hurdles have risen sharply in 2026 (43 percent; 2025: 26 percent), and 44 percent cite a lack of human resources as a key obstacle. (Source: Barc)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Data sovereignty has evolved from a compliance issue to a strategic prerequisite for data- and AI-driven core processes. This is the key finding of the global Barc study \u201eData Sovereignty 2026: Reality, Relevance, Roadmap,\u201c for which 320 companies were surveyed.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2368,"featured_media":164529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,44463],"tags":[13133,44395,39,44489,20346,73,369,624,236],"coauthors":[39720],"class_list":["post-164528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wirtschaft","category-mag-26-06","tag-barc","tag-btp","tag-cloud","tag-conpliance","tag-cybersecurity","tag-erp","tag-it","tag-ki-joule","tag-sap","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc.jpg",1000,450,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc-400x180.jpg",400,180,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc-768x346.jpg",768,346,true],"large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-100":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc-100x45.jpg",100,45,true],"image-480":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc-480x216.jpg",480,216,true],"image-640":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc-640x288.jpg",640,288,true],"image-720":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc-720x324.jpg",720,324,true],"image-960":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc-960x432.jpg",960,432,true],"image-1168":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-1440":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-1920":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc.jpg",1000,450,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc.jpg",1000,450,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc.jpg",1000,450,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc-18x8.jpg",18,8,true],"bricks_large_16x9":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_large_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc-600x270.jpg",600,270,true],"bricks_medium_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc-600x450.jpg",600,450,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2606_wi_barc-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

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