NetApp has expanded its collaboration with Google Cloud to accelerate deployment of its storage solutions inside Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped, a sovereign cloud platform delivered by World Wide Technology.
The partnership aims to help public sector and regulated customers run AI workloads while keeping sensitive data inside controlled, air-gapped environments.
The NetApp data platform will be integrated into the full-stack private cloud setup through NetApp AFF, StorageGRID and Trident to give customers local data storage, encryption key control and zero-trust security.
“By embedding NetApp’s secure-by-design storage systems into Google Distributed Cloud, we’re enabling customers to build Intelligent Data Infrastructure that provides the foundation to support accredited, enterprise‑grade AI directly within sovereign and air‑gapped environments. Now, public sector customers can modernise operations, accelerate insight, and innovate responsibly without compromising security, compliance or national sovereignty,” said Cesar Cernuda, President of NetApp.
“By working with NetApp, we are helping government and regulated enterprises innovate where their data resides—supporting mission‑critical workloads with the highest levels of security, compliance, and operational integrity, without slowing the pace of transformation,” said Muninder Sambi, VP of Product Management and Supply Chain at Google Cloud.
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