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IBM launches Sovereign Core platform with European delivery partners

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.

Verified AI-drafted IBM Newsroom press release, 15 January 2026

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

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

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