We’re hearing more about the tremors surrounding digital sovereignty today as governments take aggressive steps to limit the movement of sensitive digital information. But for those of us in the trenches, this isn’t a new term, or even a new issue.
Data residency and privacy have always been high-stakes requirements for regulated industries such as health care and financial services. It’s why at Boomi, we’ve never viewed integration as just “moving data,” but rather as the secure orchestration of critical knowledge between systems.
I’ve spent years explaining to customers that they never have to compromise their security posture by punching holes in firewalls or shipping valuable data to a central cloud when they use a distributed runtime model.
But with the explosion of agentic AI, the conversation about keeping data close, safe, and well-managed has reached a watershed moment.
In the first post of our sovereignty series, my colleague Michael Bachman laid out the geopolitical factors and the impact of laws that restrict the flow of digital information to the countries where it’s physically located. Then, in the second post, Adam Arrowsmith explained how Boomi’s “Day One” decoupled architecture — separating the control plane from the data plane — enables businesses to securely run integration executions anywhere, including on-premises.
Now, I would like to explore how Boomi meets businesses exactly where they are by providing lock-and-key security and governance without the operational friction of managing local infrastructure.
Sovereignty Without the Overhead
The new reality for many enterprises is that they’re caught in a tug-of-war of competing interests. In-region control to satisfy digital sovereignty mandates has become nonnegotiable. But they also don’t want the added cost and management burden of spinning up more on-premises infrastructure. Businesses want the control and governance of on-premises with the elasticity of the cloud.
This is where the Boomi Hosted Runtime changes the game.
As the Product Manager for Boomi Hosted Runtimes, I focus on helping customers meet data residency and sovereignty requirements across Boomi’s hosted deployment models. For customers requiring private connectivity and deeper network integration, Boomi’s dedicated and managed cloud offerings serve as an extension of their local network.
Now, the increased focus on sovereignty is also helping drive significant growth. Boomi operates nearly 500 clouds globally, including approximately 400 dedicated, single-tenant environments.
Unlike centralized SaaS architectures that process customer workloads through a single global control plane, Boomi’s distributed execution model runs directly within the required region or compliance boundary. This ensures data never has to traverse physical or jurisdictional borders that it shouldn’t. For example, rather than running in a U.S. cloud, Boomi can operate clouds across different regions, countries, and even compliance classifications, such as FedRAMP.
Boomi provides a spectrum of options to meet whatever need, wherever you need it, and at whatever level of control you need. You always have complete custody of your data. We’ve refined our hosted deployment models into three tiers that offer flexibility for addressing the “sovereignty vs. complexity” trade-off.
- Public Cloud Service. Our shared, multi-tenant environments address sovereignty concerns through geographical pinning. Regional data residency allows businesses to deploy their runtimes in specific regions, such as the U.S., the UK, the EU, Canada, and Asia-Pacific. Regulatory jurisdiction requirements are met by processing and storing data within specific regions while Boomi handles the cloud infrastructure.
- Dedicated Cloud Service. A customer-specific cloud ensures physical resource isolation, so the “secret sauce” of businesses never shares a memory stack or CPU with any other entity. That delivers exclusivity and regional control for organizations with specific performance and security requirements. Businesses can move forward with the confidence that their proprietary data is strictly siloed from the rest of the world without the burden of managing the underlying infrastructure.
- Managed Cloud Service. This is a full-service, single-tenant cloud offering with the highest level of support and hands-off experience for enterprises. Our engineering team runs the entire operation, providing private connectivity and full compliance with in-region mandates. Think of it as “digital sovereignty as a service.”
As the world has become much more security-conscious about data, Boomi can help you run your business as you see fit.
The Sovereign Foundation for Agentic AI
We’ve reached a tipping point. With the rise of agentic AI, digital sovereignty is no longer a compliance checkbox. It’s foundational to innovation. If you can’t prove exactly where your data is to meet jurisdiction requirements, you can’t safely or responsibly deploy the next generation of AI tools.
Boomi’s long-standing philosophy is to facilitate secure data orchestration by providing the architectural scaffolding that enables businesses to navigate shifting regulatory boundaries. CIOs have always appreciated how Boomi’s platform design addresses data residency and privacy. Now, it’s also very easy to have conversations with technical leaders about meeting digital sovereignty requirements.
Whatever your integration strategy, from on-premises for maximum security to Managed Cloud Services for greater simplicity, Boomi provides the flexibility and structure to meet the most stringent digital sovereignty requirements.
You don’t have to choose between moving fast and keeping your data safe. With a distributed runtime, you can do both.