BearingPoint Introduces Fully Sovereign On-Premise Infrastructure for GenAI and Agentic AI in Europe
BearingPoint has announced the launch of the BearingPoint Fully-Owned Sovereign Infrastructure Stack — an infrastructure platform designed, operated, and managed entirely by BearingPoint for GenAI and agentic AI applications, consistently engineered for European sovereignty, compliance, and security.
With its own data center in Graz, Austria, the solution enables companies and public institutions to run sensitive AI workloads in fully controlled, EU-based environments — from initial innovation projects to mission-critical scenarios. All data remains within European jurisdiction, protecting organizations from geopolitical risks, arbitrary hyperscaler pricing changes, and the risk of external shutdowns.
A Sovereign Stack Built for Scale
The stack is designed to move AI initiatives beyond the pilot phase and scale them sustainably. Organizations can start small — with individual racks, dedicated nodes, or edge appliances — and expand modularly up to complete sovereign zones as workloads grow.
GPU- and accelerator-based compute resources, high-performance storage, and high-speed clusters are optimized for demanding GenAI and agentic AI workloads — enabling automation of knowledge work, end-to-end process orchestration, and secure operation of domain-specific AI assistants without compromising sovereignty or compliance.
"Demand for sovereign AI infrastructure in Europe is growing rapidly. With our fully proprietary Sovereign Infrastructure Stack and our own data center in Graz, we offer clients a platform on which they can run state-of-the-art AI applications in an environment that consistently respects European values, regulations, and security requirements."
Matthias Roeser & Philipp Sturm — BearingPoint
Governance & Compliance by Design
At the heart of the solution lies a sovereign architecture aligned with EU digital and tech sovereignty. The platform's architecture supports compliance with key European regulations including the EU AI Act, GDPR, and sector-specific rules — with deployments that can be prepared to meet NIS2 and DORA requirements.
Security follows a zero-trust approach with encryption at rest and in transit, hardware hardening, segmented network architectures, and strong identity and access mechanisms. For particularly critical scenarios, the stack supports air-gapped or highly isolated deployments.
Flexible LLM Access Models
Clients benefit from token-based access to large language models running in the sovereign environment — including leading local and open-weight models such as Llama, Gemma, and Mistral — as well as customized, domain-specific models.
GenAIQ Integration
The stack integrates seamlessly with GenAIQ, BearingPoint's platform for orchestrating and automating generative and agentic AI applications, and connects to existing enterprise IT landscapes including identity and access management, data lakes, ERP and CRM systems.
Modular, Scalable Deployment
Organizations start small — individual racks, dedicated nodes, or edge appliances — and expand the infrastructure modularly up to complete sovereign zones as workloads grow, ensuring the platform matches every stage of AI maturity.
Zero-Trust Security Architecture
Security is built on a zero-trust foundation with encryption at rest and in transit, hardware hardening, segmented network architectures, and strong identity mechanisms — with optional air-gapped deployments for the most sensitive workloads.
Target Customers & Use Cases
The platform is purpose-built for highly regulated industries and public administrations. BearingPoint supports clients from AI strategy through the design and implementation of the infrastructure to the development and operation of concrete use cases with GenAIQ.
"The new sovereign infrastructure — combined with local large language models and flexible access models — provides the foundation for securely scaling AI initiatives and embedding them in the core business."
Tomas Chroust, Head of CoE Modern Data Platforms — BearingPoint
BearingPoint has launched the Fully-Owned Sovereign Infrastructure Stack — an on-premise AI platform designed, operated, and managed entirely by BearingPoint, anchored by a proprietary data center in Graz, Austria.
All data remains in Austria and within EU jurisdiction — protecting organizations from hyperscaler dependency, geopolitical risk, and arbitrary pricing changes.
The platform is fully GDPR-compliant, ISO-certified, and can be prepared to meet NIS2 and DORA requirements — with a zero-trust security model and optional air-gapped deployments.
The stack integrates with GenAIQ, BearingPoint's orchestration platform, and supports open-weight LLMs including Llama, Gemma, and Mistral alongside custom domain-specific models.
Target sectors include public administration, defense and homeland security, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, and critical infrastructure operators across Europe.
As European institutions and enterprises accelerate their AI adoption, the demand for infrastructure that satisfies both performance and sovereignty requirements is intensifying. BearingPoint's move to own the full stack — hardware, operations, and AI orchestration — positions it as a credible alternative to hyperscaler dependency for organizations where compliance is non-negotiable.
To learn more about the BearingPoint Fully-Owned Sovereign Infrastructure Stack, GenAIQ, and BearingPoint's AI services portfolio, visit bearingpoint.com.