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Sovereign AI

Sovereign AI Infrastructure AdvisoryYour AI. Your data. Your rules.

Independent advice on where your AI runs, who can see your data and who owns what your models learn. MALA compares the options and negotiates the terms, in strategic partnership with Eminence Grey. No fee to you.

Data ResidencyModel OwnershipDedicated GPUsCUI & ITARExit Rights
What sovereign AI means

Four things you should control.

Sovereign AI is not only about where data lives. It is about keeping control of the intelligence your organization builds, and being able to walk away from a vendor without losing it.

Where data sits

Which jurisdiction, which facility and who can access it, including data people paste into prompts.

Who owns the model

Whether fine-tuned models, weights and what they learn from your business stay yours.

Whose hardware it runs on

Dedicated GPUs, private cloud or on-premises, sized to real workloads instead of hype.

What happens if you leave

Exit terms, portability and who operates the environment day to day.

Choose your path

Built for two very different environments.

Commercial and government buyers face different rules, risks and procurement paths, so each has its own page.

Where each workload belongs

Not every AI workload needs the same boundary.

The right placement depends on the most sensitive data each workload touches. MALA prices every option side by side.

  • Business AI productEnterprise AI tools under terms that bar training on your data.
  • Cloud AI serviceModels in a commercial cloud region you choose, over private networking.
  • Government cloudFor CUI and export-controlled data, with the model on the authorized list.
  • Dedicated GPUsGPU cloud, colocation or sovereign infrastructure reserved for you.
  • Your data centerFull control for the most restricted data.
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Sovereign AI Placement Check

List the AI you use or plan and the most sensitive data each one touches. See where each workload can safely run, and which ones break a rule today.

  • Rules coveredCUI and ITAR, HIPAA, GLBA, GDPR and the EU AI Act.
  • GPU sizingDirectional GPU counts for anything you would run yourself.
  • 90-day planWhat to stop, move and stand up first.
Map my AI
How MALA helps

From first question to running infrastructure.

  1. 01

    Map

    Inventory AI workloads and the data each one touches.

  2. 02

    Place

    Match every workload to where your rules allow it to run.

  3. 03

    Compare & negotiate

    Price sovereign, cloud and GPU options side by side and negotiate terms.

  4. 04

    Implement

    Coordinate deployment and stay involved through renewals.

Common questions

Sovereign AI, explained.

What is sovereign AI?

Sovereign AI means the data, models, compute and operations behind your AI stay under your organization's control, in a jurisdiction and on infrastructure you approve, and you can change providers without losing what your AI has learned.

Is sovereign AI only for government and defense?

No. Banks, health systems, manufacturers and IP-rich companies use sovereign AI to keep regulated data and proprietary models off shared platforms. Defense and government programs add requirements such as CUI, ITAR and CMMC.

Does sovereign AI require on-premises hardware?

Not necessarily. Options range from business AI products with strict data terms, to cloud AI in a region you choose, government clouds, dedicated GPU capacity, sovereign infrastructure providers and your own data center. The right choice depends on the most sensitive data each workload touches.

How is sovereign AI different from private cloud?

Private cloud usually means dedicated or logically separated resources from a provider. Sovereign AI also covers which jurisdiction applies, who can access and operate the environment, who owns your models and what they learn, and whether you can verify isolation and residency yourself.

What does MALA charge for sovereign AI advisory?

Nothing to you for standard advisory services. MALA is paid by providers, never by you, and you are never required to choose a participating provider.

Engagement at a glance
Scope
Workload placement, provider evaluation and contract terms
Options
Business AI, cloud regions, government cloud, GPU capacity and sovereign infrastructure
Partner
Strategic partnership with Eminence Grey, alongside 430+ providers
Cost to you
None. Paid by providers, no obligation
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The first step

Get a vendor-neutral read on sovereign AI. No obligation.

Bring an AI initiative, a data question or a renewal. We'll tell you what the sovereign AI market looks like and where to start.

No fee to you: MALA is paid by the provider only if you move forward with a provider we recommend. No obligation to do so.