Sovereign infrastructure
Publicly governed computing, storage and network capacity.
How the laws define this
Regulators agree that sovereign infrastructure encompasses compute, storage, and cloud or network resources operated under national control to protect sensitive datasets and advance digital or technological sovereignty. Both frameworks emphasize controlling where information resides—termed data location or data residency—while maintaining administrative or operational control. The key distinction lies in the governance model required by each text. The Plano Brasileiro de Inteligência Artificial 2024-2028 (Brazilian Plan for Artificial Intelligence, PBIA) explicitly requires publicly governed resources, such as government cloud and high‑performance computing, to keep critical AI infrastructure under public governance, jurisdictional control, and resilience. In contrast, the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (part of 'Accelerating Digital Sovereignty 2030') mandates national control more broadly, citing examples like MeluXina-AI and sovereign cloud nodes to deliver operational control, secure hosting, and trustworthiness without explicitly restricting the infrastructure to public governance.
Synthesised from the 2 statutory definitions below. Each one is quoted in full, with its source.
Definitions (2)
Publicly governed computing, storage and network resources (e.g., government cloud, high‑performance computing) designed to ensure data location, administrative control, resilience and national technological sovereignty. The PBIA uses this term to justify investments that keep critical AI infrastructure and sensitive datasets under public governance and jurisdictional control.
Compute, storage and cloud services under national control designed to ensure data residency, operational control, and trustworthiness (examples include MeluXina-AI and sovereign cloud nodes). This concept underpins the strategy's aim for digital sovereignty and secure hosting of sensitive datasets and workloads.
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