STACKIT and MicroStrategy form strategic Partnership to deliver a Sovereign Data Cloud for AI-Powered Business Intelligence

• MicroStrategy and STACKIT enter into a partnership for the MicroStrategy Sovereign European Cloud.
• The partnership focuses on AI applications based on trustworthy data.
• The two companies are jointly developing a solution for highly regulated European companies with the cloud-native platform MicroStrategy ONE on the data sovereign STACKIT Cloud.

Neckarsulm, 08. January 2025 – STACKIT, Schwarz Digits' cloud and colocation provider, and MicroStrategy, a pioneer in AI-powered business intelligence, today announced their partnership for the MicroStrategy Sovereign European Cloud. The partnership will enable highly regulated European organizations to leverage the cloud-native AI/BI solution MicroStrategy ONE on STACKIT and make data-driven decisions while ensuring compliance with local data privacy regulations.

Data-sovereign cloud foundation for secure AI applications

With MicroStrategy ONE on STACKIT, customers can take full advantage of MicroStrategy AI and quickly build AI applications on trusted data. For example, with the Auto™ AI bot, end users can access BI insights from any application using natural language. In addition, STACKIT customers can leverage a wide range of MicroStrategy ONE analytics tools integrated with AI-driven workflows to build and launch secure AI applications quickly and at scale.

"With STACKIT, we share a vision of independence and economic stability that is reflected both in this partnership and in our corporate strategy," said Phong Le, CEO of MicroStrategy. "European MicroStrategy customers can use the joint solution with STACKIT with the confidence that their data is secure and GDPR compliant, and that the insights we provide will add value to the business."

GDPR-compliant data storage and processing

"MicroStrategy ONE on STACKIT secures data sovereignty by providing a protected framework for customer data that enables our customers to future-proof their investments in MicroStrategy," says Bernie Wagner, CEO STACKIT and Divisional Director at Schwarz Digits. "When it comes to analyzing data, we have also been using MicroStrategy for years. The partnership between STACKIT and MicroStrategy is exactly the kind of innovation we see as the next step."

STACKIT is GDPR-compliant and has a large number of EU-based security certifications such as ISO 27001, C5, ISAE 3000 (SOC 2) and ISAE 3402. The entire infrastructure for MicroStrategy ONE on STACKIT and the customer data processed are hosted and processed exclusively in Germany and Austria.