UK firms prioritize data sovereignty in AWS adoption, ISG says
III•UK enterprises are expanding advanced AI adoption on AWS while prioritizing security and data sovereignty, an ISG report finds. Regulatory pressure is increasing interest in providers with UK operations and local compliance expertise.
1. AI adoption and oversight
The report says UK enterprises are expanding advanced AI adoption on AWS, with regulatory pressures driving interest in providers that have UK-based operations and local compliance expertise, particularly among financial institutions and public sector organizations. Growing cloud environments are prompting standardized operating models, stronger financial operations practices and automation. Generative AI adoption is moving beyond experimentation toward legacy application modernization, which the report says requires robust data foundations, governance and regulatory compliance.
