NetApp puts sovereign storage at the center of European infrastructure decisions

What happened

Sovereignty now covers much more than where data is physically stored. Sovereign storage is becoming an architectural and operational consideration for European enterprises as they invest in AI, modernization and cyber resilience.

Customers want to know who operates and manages it, where support is based and what telemetry is collected, according to Willem Hendrickx (pictured), senior […] The post NetApp puts sovereign storage at the center of European infrastructure decisions appeared first on SiliconANGLE . UPDATED 17:58 EDT / OCTOBER 05 2026 AI NetApp puts sovereign storage at the center of European infrastructure decisions by Jonathan Anthony Sovereign storage is becoming an architectural and operational consideration for European enterprises as they invest in AI, modernization and cyber resilience.

Customers want to know who operates and manages it, where support is based and what telemetry is collected, according to Willem Hendrickx (pictured), senior vice president and general manager of EMEA and LATAM at NetApp. “Sovereignty is not only a legal discussion, but it’s actually an architectural design and an operational decision more than anything else.”

Hendrickx spoke with theCUBE Research’s Christophe Bertrand and co-host Rebecca Knight at NetApp INSIGHT , during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed sovereign storage, neoclouds and cyber resilience in Europe.