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# IBM launches Sovereign Core platform with European delivery partners
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-01-15-ibm-sovereign-core-launch/
- Published: 2026-01-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-18T13:56:39.000Z
- Description: IBM launched Sovereign Core, a Red Hat based software platform letting customers run AI and cloud workloads under local sovereign control, naming Belgium's Cegeka and Germany's Computacenter as its first European delivery partners.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [IBM Newsroom press release, 15 January 2026](https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-01-15-ibm-introduces-new-software-to-address-growing-digital-sovereignty-imperative?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish IBM investment figures or signed customer contracts; a technical preview is due only in February 2026.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. US-owned IBM platform with EU delivery partners only; owner/law stay non-European. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)