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Digital Sovereignty for Switzerland

Gain full control over your data, cloud & AI – with secure, Swiss-governed infrastructure ​

Why Digital Sovereignty Matters in Switzerland

Digital sovereignty is now a strategic priority for Swiss organizations—protecting compliance, business continuity, and long-term trust.

Key drivers:

  • Geopolitics: Business resilience now depends on real control—over access, identity, and operations—not just contracts or hosting location.
  • Regulation: New EU and Swiss laws (EU Data Act, EU AI Act, revFADP, FINMA, privatim) require proof of compliance, portability, and true data protection.
  • AI: As AI adoption accelerates, sovereignty over models, data, and compute is essential—especially in regulated sectors.

Why Atos

Provider‑Agnostic Sovereignty​

Consistent governance and control across clouds and hyperscalers—without locking you into a single provider or stack. ​

End‑to‑End Sovereign Cloud & AI​

From Swiss‑built infrastructure to platforms, security, applications, data, and AI governance—
sovereignty delivered across the full stack, end to end.​

Sovereignty‑First by Design​

We start with sovereignty, not technology—using clear
frameworks to define the right level of legal, data, and operational control.​

Proven Trust in Switzerland​

Federal‑level credibility and mission‑critical experience in
regulated and public‑interest environments where sovereignty is non‑negotiable.​

The four pillars of digital sovereignty with Atos

We help organizations secure sovereignty across all layers of their digital ecosystem.

Data Sovereignty

Keep your data fully under your control – protected, traceable, and governed by Swiss law. Prevent unauthorized access, including from foreign providers, and enforce strict residency and access requirements.

Operational Sovereignty

Maintain full control over who operates your systems and how they operate it. You always know the location, nationality, and clearance level of every operator, with no hidden third-country access. This ensures transparent, compliant, and secure operations, fully aligned with Swiss sovereignty requirements.

Technological Sovereignty

Run your workloads safely wherever you choose. Using open, certified and interoperable architectures, we give you the freedom to deploy, move, and scale your workloads freely.

AI Sovereignty

AI sovereignty means keeping full control over your AI systems – how they are built, trained, deployed, and governed – so your data, models, and decisions always remain under your control.

While data, operational, and technology sovereignty protect your foundation, AI sovereignty adds a higher layer of control — ensuring the AI running on that foundation is equally sovereign: protected, auditable, and fully governed by you.

As an Orchestrator of Digital Sovereignty, we help Swiss organizations design, govern, and run secure digital environments across cloud and on-premise platforms — all under one auditable framework. What sets us apart is our ability to navigate Swiss sovereignty, European regulation, and global technology, to create clear, practical solutions.

Olivier Vareilhes​
Head of Switzerland​
Atos & Eviden ​

Fully aligned with Swiss and International regulations

Our sovereign and AI solutions meet the most demanding regulatory frameworks, including:

Swiss FADP

Data protection and transparency

FINMA

Strict controls for financial institutions

GDPR

European data governance standards

No Exposure to the U.S. CLOUD Act

Protected from extraterritorial access by foreign governments

If you want to go beyond “sovereign by claim” and make it real in operations, our latest whitepaper covers:

  • Why digital sovereignty is becoming a real priority for organizations in an AI‑driven, regulated world
  • The critical dependencies putting organizations at risk — across cloud, data, and jurisdictions
  • What it takes to stay in control: going beyond compliance to something you can actually run and prove
  • A practical approach to designing, running, and scaling sovereignty across your entire digital stack

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Our offerings

Sovereignty Advisory

We help you define your sovereignty strategy — mapping risks, regulations, and dependencies — so you can make confident, compliant decisions aligned with Swiss law.

Sovereign Cloud Infrastructure

Private, hybrid, and multi cloud environments built for Swiss regulated workloads, keeping your data exactly where it must stay — under Swiss jurisdiction.

Sovereign AI Platforms

Build, train, and run AI models in fully sovereign environments, ensuring your data, models, and outcomes remain protected and locally governed.

Sovereign Security

Encryption, identity and access management, monitoring, and cybersecurity services designed to keep your systems secure, compliant, and shielded from foreign access.

Sovereign Operations

Your infrastructure operated by vetted, locally governed experts — delivering transparent, controlled operations aligned with Swiss standards.

How we make an impact

Polyalert

Polyalert

Switzerland’s National Emergency Alert System

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Polyalert enables Swiss authorities to send rapid, multilingual alerts during emergencies such as severe weather or industrial accidents.
The system connects 5,000+ sirens, the Alertswiss app, and other channels, and is built to operate even if internet or mobile networks fail.

Why it matters: Through Polyalert, we deliver sovereign, mission-critical national infrastructure, ensuring operational independence, secure data control, and national resilience.

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Dive deeper

  • Blog

Sovereignty isn’t one-size-fits-all: A pragmatic path to cloud, data and AI control

  • Blog

Silent adoption, real control: Scaling agentic AI for measurable value

  • Blog

Sovereignty by design: Building resilient enterprises in a connected world

  • Blog

Rising to the Challenge of Digital Sovereignty for Local Authorities

Take the next step

Your sovereignty journey starts with clarity.
Speak directly with our Head of Switzerland to assess your digital dependencies and design a path to full control over your cloud, data, and AI.

Olivier Vareilhes

Head of Switzerland

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