Sovereign cloud: transforming industry without compromising on data — Panel discussion at Tech For Industry Show 2026 (Paris Expo Porte de Versailles), featuring Thales, SAP and S3NS.
How to reconcile innovation, performance and sensitive data protection? Three players in a partnership announced in April 2026 share their experience: Thales (the customer), SAP (the software vendor) and S3NS (the sovereign cloud, a Thales × Google Cloud joint venture, SecNumCloud-certified).
Key topics: Thales's digital transformation (production ramp-up, SAP ECC obsolescence, process harmonization) and its greenfield "fit-to-standard" choice with SAP as the locomotive; the reasons for SAP's sovereign pivot (geopolitical context, kill switch, regulation, AI wave) and its €20 billion investment plan; and the S3NS model where Google becomes a mere technology supplier while S3NS secures, operates and supports, with 1,200 SecNumCloud control points.
The guiding thread: sovereignty doesn't mean isolation — it offers the freedom to innovate without sacrificing data protection, across all sectors, not just defense.
