- IBM Sovereign Core is about giving businesses and governments secure access to artificial intelligence
- Customers can bring approved open and proprietary models to the platform
- IT service providers collaborate to offer greater sovereignty
IBM has launched its new IBM Sovereign Core platform, designed to give enterprises and governments access to artificial intelligence while maintaining sovereignty for maximum security.
The company explained the launch of Sovereign Core in line with the growing demand for control over infrastructure, which is driven by regulation and governance requirements.
“With IBM Sovereign Core, we’re helping customers move faster and with confidence – combining openness, compliance and operational autonomy to meet the demands of the AI era,” explained IBM Software Products GM Priya Srinivasan.
IBM launches new superior AI platform for companies and public customers
The company described Sovereign Core as the “industry’s first” solution for building, deploying and managing AI-ready sovereign environments.
With cross-border identity and keys, authentication, authorization and encryption keys are stored and managed within jurisdictional boundaries. IBM also understands that its customers will likely need to prove their sovereignty to regulators, which is why it generates evidence of continuous compliance via system telemetry and audit trails.
Customers can also bring open or proprietary models to the platform, and a single plane can handle thousands of cores and hundreds of nodes.
IBM Sovereign Core can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud. IT service providers are also being signed up to deploy Sovereign Core, starting with Cegeka in Belgium and the Netherlands and Computacenter in Germany. In addition to “operational independence,” these offerings also align with the whole idea of sovereignty beyond just where data is stored.
“Partnering with IBM to offer a pre-architected solution through our in-country environment enables us to deliver enterprise-ready software to our customers while allowing them to address local compliance standards,” wrote Cegeka VP of Cloud & Digital Platforms, Gaetan Willems.
First launched as a technical preview in February 2026, IBM promises to add additional features to Sovereign Core when it hits general availability in mid-2026.
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