London – September 30, 2026 -- A new global study from Everpure (NYSE: P) finds that 64% of enterprises operate without a formal data sovereignty strategy, even as 88% of large-enterprise C-suite leaders believe a sovereignty failure could cost them their job.
Executives fear financial and reputational fallout from sovereignty failures
The Global Data Sovereignty Report 2026, based on a Vanson Bourne survey of 2,100 C-suite and IT leaders across the UK, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and India in June 2026, found 91% of respondents worry about financial and reputational damage tied to sovereignty lapses. Ninety percent recognize data sovereignty as a core business concern.
Enterprises are already curbing reliance on non-domestic cloud infrastructure
Forty percent of organizations report limiting use of SaaS providers dependent on non-domestic infrastructure, and 85% say they would sacrifice advanced features to work with a local or sovereign provider.
Operational readiness lags far behind executive risk awareness
Despite the concern, 62% of enterprises lack full visibility into who can access, control or manage their data, and 56% have no mitigation plan for geopolitical data exfiltration or service disruption. Fifty-six percent admit they lack the skills and capacity to execute sovereignty initiatives, while 36% cite difficulty securing executive buy-in. Only 9% list protection from extraterritorial data access as a top priority.
Everpure says sovereignty requires visibility, not just data location
"Senior leaders understand their jobs are on the line over data sovereignty, yet many are still focused on the wrong risks,