Vodafone bets on ‘hybrid’ future to tap growing sovereign cloud demand

Joe Purnell2026-07-07T14:41:00

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Group’s CTO Scott Petty expects telcos to win when offering ‘hybrid’ sovereign cloud setups, operating hyperscaler tech in parallel with local controls and sovereign governance. How big is sovereign cloud opportunity? “The jury’s out”, he says…

This article includes:

Themes: Artificial intelligence (AI); Cloud computing; Digital sovereignty; Enterprise services; Hybrid cloud; Sovereign cloud; Telecommunications strategy.
Events: FutureNet webinar: Telco Digital Sovereignty: Balancing Control, Innovation, and AI.
People: Dario Talmesio; Gabriela Styf Sjöman; Maria Bracho; Paul Hopkins; Scott Petty.
Geographic: Africa; Europe; Germany.
Organisations: Amazon Web Services (AWS); BT Group; Linux Foundation; Omdia; Red Hat; Skaylink; Vodafone; Vodafone Business.

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