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Thales Announces Strategic Partnership with Google Cloud to Launch a New Sovereign Cloud in Germany
Thales Announces Strategic Partnership with Google Cloud to Launch a New Sovereign Cloud in
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[{"type":"text","content":"Thales and Google Cloud have signed a landmark partnership to launch a new European sovereign cloud offering in Germany, delivering advanced cloud capabilities to customers while keeping their data confidential, secure and fully sovereign.This solution will live on dedicated infrastructure that will be managed and operated by a new German entity, which Thales will fully own and control.This offering is designed to meet the stringent digital sovereignty and regulatory requirements of German public sector organizations and highly regulated industries, and meet Germany's new C3A framework criteria. It is available in Preview now and aims for General Availability by the end of 2026.By establishing this new sovereign region alongside PREMI3NS by S3NS, a Thales subsidiary, this new partnership marks an industry-first: a pan-European, geo-redundant, sovereign cloud offering that delivers a unique cross-border disaster recovery solution in Europe for Europe.PARIS and SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Thales, a global leader in high technologies, today announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud to establish a new sovereign cloud solution in Germany. Building on the success of S3NS, Thales' trusted cloud subsidiary in France, and operator of its first European sovereign cloud region, this agreement marks a decisive step in meeting the German market's demand for sovereign solutions that shield sensitive data from extraterritorial laws.Thales will launch a new German entity, legally and operationally independent from Google Cloud, that will be staffed and managed by local German personnel, ensuring that no third party, including non-European entities, can access the data stored or processed within it.\"Germany represents a critical market for sovereign technologies, and this partnership is a direct response to private and public sector German organizations wanting access to Google Cloud's technology under full German control. By launching this locally operated infrastructure, we are delivering a solution that guarantees sensitive workloads remain protected from any extraterritorial reach while meeting the unique security and compliance requirements of our customers,\" said Christoph Ruffner, CEO and Country Director of Thales in Germany.The partnership reflects a shared conviction that German and European organiz...