Digital Geopatriation: The Vulnerabilities of Sovereign Clouds
IT InstaTunnel Team Published by our engineering team Digital Geopatriation: The Vulnerabilities of Sovereign Clouds Introduction: The Great Data Homecoming For over a decade, the mantra of the digital age was “The Cloud is Everywhere.” Global hyperscalers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform built a borderless infrastructure that powered the global economy. However, as we stand in February 2026, the pendulum has swung violently in the opposite direction. We are now in the era of Digital Geopatriation . Driven by aggressive new data privacy laws, escalating geopolitical tensions, and a desire for “digital strategic autonomy,” nations are demanding that their data come home. Geopatriation — the process of moving sensitive data out of global, multi-tenant clouds and into local, “sovereign” environments — is no longer a niche regulatory requirement. It is a trillion-dollar migration trend reshaping the global technology landsca...