Data sovereignty shaping adaptable data center infrastructure design

Telehouse (with Telehouse France and KDDI authors) argues that data sovereignty must drive data center design and governance, and outlines design, certification, and partnership strategies to ensure compliance and adaptability.

• Main announcement / action: The authors call for data centers built for adaptability using modular designs, carrier-neutral, multi-cloud environments, and adherence to recognized standards (e.g., ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701, NIST). They note regulatory drivers such as DORA (applicable January 2025) and sector-specific rules (e.g., French Health Data Hosting (HDS) requiring physical hosting within the EEA), and recommend modular, retrofit-capable builds and dense interconnection to meet evolving legal requirements.
• Background and details: The piece documents fragmented global data sovereignty rules (examples: India, Vietnam, Brazil restricting cross-border transfers), highlights the UK designation of data centers as Critical National Infrastructure and the pending Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, and recommends legal/compliance tools like Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) and multi-party ecosystems (carriers, cloud providers, IXPs) to implement obligations. It is an opinion/analysis by Telehouse leaders rather than a transactional announcement.