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Private and sovereign AI

Orchestrating 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.

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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.
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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.

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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.

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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. 

AI Factory 

We scope and build NTT DATA’s AI Factory 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 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

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.

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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. 

AI Factory 

We scope and build NTT DATA’s AI Factory 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 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.

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Once AI and business strategies are aligned, the single most effective move is to pick one or two domains that deliver disproportionate value and redesign them end-to-end with AI.

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Abhijit Dubey
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CEO and Chief AI Officer, NTT DATA, Inc
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Case studies

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Industry recognition

2026

NTT DATA named a Horizon – 3 Market Leader in the HFS Horizons: Agentic Services, 2026 report

2025

NTT DATA named a Horizon - 3 Market Leader in HFS Horizons: Generative Enterprise™ Services, 2025 report

2025

NTT DATA named a Leader in the ISG Provider Lens® — Generative AI Services 2025 — Global report

2025

NTT DATA named a Leader in the ISG Provider Lens® — Agentic AI Services 2025 — Global report

2025

NTT DATA named a Major Contender in the Everest Group Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025*

2025

NTT DATA named Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Artificial Intelligence Services Vendor Assessment 2025*

2026

NTT DATA named a Horizon – 3 Market Leader in the HFS Horizons: Agentic Services, 2026 report

2025

NTT DATA named a Horizon - 3 Market Leader in HFS Horizons: Generative Enterprise™ Services, 2025 report

2025

NTT DATA named a Leader in the ISG Provider Lens® — Generative AI Services 2025 — Global report

2025

NTT DATA named a Leader in the ISG Provider Lens® — Agentic AI Services 2025 — Global report

2025

NTT DATA named a Major Contender in the Everest Group Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025*

2025

NTT DATA named Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Artificial Intelligence Services Vendor Assessment 2025*

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Our partners

NTT DATA has a robust partnership strategy and startup ecosystem for AI. We leverage our expertise and strong relationships with hyperscalers to quickly build and execute solutions. We also develop deep knowledge of other key platform and tool vendors to bring a broad array of technology capabilities to each solution we build. This combination enables us to offer client-specific solutions that deliver business outcomes in rapid timeframes.

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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.

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Graham Clarke

Managing Director, Global Lead: Private and Sovereign AI at NTT DATA, Inc.
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Zarina Pasalic

Go-to-Market Lead, Private and Sovereign AI
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Rene Buch

Senior Principal Enterprise Architect Private and Sovereign AI