Control within connection: How data sovereignty is rewriting the rules of critical infrastructure

Presented by EquinixDigital systems are central to economic resilience. But the governance models supporting them were designed for a bygone era, when systems were smaller, often centralized, and rarely crossing multiple jurisdictions. This structural mismatch is driving the realization across boardrooms and governments that data sovereignty is not only core to critical infrastructure, but its implications determine the trajectory of the global economy.The scale of change is forcing the issue. IDC projects the global datasphere will continue to grow at an extraordinary pace, driven by AI workloads, real-time analytics, and always-on digital services. This is placing unprecedented demands on data center capacity, interconnection density, and operational reliability, a trend highlighted by b