Private and Sovereign AI
Orchestrate AI control at scale for autonomy, resilience, and advantage.
Choosing private and sovereign AI for competitive divergence
As AI adoption accelerates, data sovereignty, compliance and security have become strategic priorities. With private and sovereign AI, organizations can deploy and scale AI while maintaining full control over their data, models and infrastructure.
NTT DATA supports clients in designing, building and operating trusted AI environments that meet regulatory requirements, protect sensitive data and enable responsible innovation across industries.
2026 Global AI Report
A Playbook for Private and Sovereign AI
Organizations are designing AI for trust, control, and resilience by embedding governance, privacy and sovereignty into their AI architecture from the start. Find out what differentiates the AI leaders.
Making strategic AI choices that last
Organizations need to balance cost, compliance and control while scaling AI. Discover how NTT DATA's full suite of sovereign services help public and private-sector organizations architect sovereign AI environments that turn regulatory requirements into strategic assets.
Our Approach
Private and sovereign AI must balance cost, compliance and control to achieve secure, agile and flexible operations.
NTT DATA addresses these multifaceted challenges through a comprehensive approach that spans the entire AI value chain, from physical infrastructure through data management to business process transformation. Our unique positioning enables us to deliver not just advisory services or point solutions, but end-to-end AI architectures that drive real, measurable enterprise transformation.
Consulting excellence
We provide strategy and economics consulting, infrastructure architecture advisory, security and governance assessments, factory design and build, plus ongoing operations and optimization.
Enterprise AI factories
We scope and build enterprise AI factories combining complete infrastructure ownership with advanced optimization technology and world-class operational excellence.
Full-stack infrastructure to business process
We address private and sovereignty requirements at every layer - from data centers to designing and operating sovereign data centers to delivering private AI factories and agentic enterprise tools optimized for AI workloads.
Hybrid architecture expertise
We design and implement hybrid architectures that blend public cloud with private environments, enabling organizations to reserve controlled domains for sensitive data while leveraging public cloud where appropriate.
Enterprise AI Factory
Power your AI at scale with a secure, end-to-end platform for building and operationalising enterprise AI. Move from stalled AI pilots to scalable, secure AI - operationalising midels with control, governance and real business impact.
Why NTT DATA
Full-stack and full-scale
Full-stack services from consulting and implementation to AI-enabled cloud, data centers, infrastructure and applications
Global and local resources
165+ countries, 24x7 multinational support, 17,000+ data and AI practitioners worldwide
Deep industry domain expertise
35+ years serving public sector, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and other industries where sovereign AI is most critical
Proven client success
Trusted by 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and 10,000+ organizations worldwide for modernization
"As AI evolves, private and sovereign approaches are testing enterprise readiness. The organizations that are succeeding are going beyond regulatory compliance and risk mitigation. They are building the operating foundation for AI that can perform across markets, jurisdictions and business environments. Our research shows AI leaders are pulling ahead by treating architecture, infrastructure and governance as strategic requirements."
Abhijit Dubey, CEO and Chief AI Officer, NTT DATA, Inc.
Highlights
Move from stalled AI pilots to scalable, secure AI - operationalising models with control, governance and real business impact.
Enable secure AI adoption and measurable ROI by managing the full AI lifecycle with AI services, platform, infrastructure and facilities.
Case Studies
Read how companies in various industries operationalized AI at scale by partnering with NTT DATA.
With Royal Marsden, we built an advanced AI-powered radiology analysis service for the development and evaluation of AI in medical imaging, leading to faster response times, more accurate diagnoses and better-targeted cancer treatments.
GYSEV used AI, LiDAR, and digital twins to transform rail maintenance - reducing costs, preventing delays, and improving safety across its network.
Helmholtz Munich gains a robust, scalable IT foundation - migrating its HPC cluster and 360 GPUs to NTT Global Data Centers' Munich 2 colocation site - to support next-level high-performance computing more economically and sustainably.
Industry Recognition
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HFS / 2026
NTT DATA named a Horizon - 3 Market Leader in the HFS Horizons: Agentic Services, 2026 report
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HFS / 2025
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ISG / 2025 *
NTT DATA named a Leader in the ISG Provider Lens® for Generative AI Services, Global
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ISG / 2025 *
NTT DATA named a Leader in the ISG Provider Lens® for Agentic AI Services, Global
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Everest Group / 2025 **
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IDC / 2025 ***
- * The ISG Provider Lens® Quadrant research series is the only service provider evaluation of its kind to combine empirical, data-driven research and market analysis with the real-world experience and observations of ISG's global advisory team. Enterprises will find a wealth of detailed data and market analysis to help guide their selection of appropriate sourcing partners, while ISG advisors use the reports to validate their own market knowledge and make recommendations to ISG's enterprise clients.
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Our Partners
Better partners. Smarter solutions. Faster results. The best AI ecosystems are built together. NTT DATA partners with the world's leading and most promising AI vendors - developing accelerators, co-created solutions, and joint go-to-market programs that give our clients a serious edge.
Resource Library
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Meet a Few of Our Experts
Meet the driving force behind our Private and Sovereign AI Services. Our team is committed to navigating industry challenges and delivering innovative solutions.
Graham Clarke
Managing Director, Global Lead Private and Sovereign AI
Zarina Pasalic
Go-to-Market Lead, Private and Sovereign AI
Rene Buch
Senior Principal Enterprise Architect Private and Sovereign AI