Civo Navigate - if digital sovereignty really is a priority agenda item for non-US businesses, why are more of them intending to give more business to the hyperscalers?

Digital sovereignty is becoming a board-level priority, but this article shows a major gap between intent and action: while 73% of IT leaders say sovereignty matters strategically, only 15% have actually moved away from U.S. hyperscalers, and 28% expect to deepen those relationships instead. For CIOs, the business risk is growing dependence on providers that can restrict access to AI models or services, while the strategic implication is that resilience, substitution options, and data control must be built into cloud and AI roadmaps—not treated as afterthoughts. IT organizations will need to translate sovereignty into a practical operating model that balances AI-enabled competitiveness with portability, regulatory exposure, and long-term vendor risk.