Virtana Brings System-Aware Agentic AI to Sovereign Cloud Operations

Extends agentic observability to sovereign cloud and air-gapped environments, giving governments and regulated industries the operational visibility and control to prove AI outcomes under GDPR, the AI Act, and sector-specific oversight

PALO ALTO, Calif. & LONDON, September 02, 2026--Virtana, provider of the deepest and broadest agentic observability platform for hybrid and multi-cloud environments, today announced comprehensive support for sovereign cloud operations, extending its system-aware agentic observability platform to organizations that require complete control over where data resides, how infrastructure is operated, and how mission-critical services are governed. The announcement coincides with new Virtana research announced today showing that nearly 40% of UK enterprises are deferring security and compliance reviews as AI factories scale, even as UK GDPR; the AI Act; and sector-specific obligations across financial services, healthcare, and national infrastructure expand the regulatory surface they are operating under.

According to IDC's Cloud Pulse Survey (Q3 2025), 93% of organizations are now operating or in the process of deploying hybrid cloud infrastructure to balance innovation with the need for data residency and operational control. As governments, defense organizations, critical infrastructure providers, and highly regulated industries accelerate digital modernization, they face a new reality where sovereignty has expanded to include maintaining operational independence, ensuring regulatory compliance, and enabling AI-powered operations without compromising security, governance, or national requirements.

Virtana addresses these challenges with a sovereign-by-design architecture that combines deep full-stack observability with system-aware agentic AI, enabling organizations to understand, optimize, and autonomously operate complex sovereign cloud environments across public cloud, private cloud, on-premises infrastructure, and air-gapped deployments.

"Cloud sovereignty is being reshaped by forces that extend well beyond data residency," said Paul Appleby, CEO of Virtana. "As AI scales alongside growing enterprise complexity, organisations must demonstrate not only where data resides, but how AI systems operate, who governs them, and whether they perform reliably across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. In the UK and Europe, operational accountability has become the defining measure of cloud sovereignty."

Sovereignty Requires More Than Data Residency