Polarise, a European sovereign AI cloud provider, and vCluster Labs, the company behind the leading open-source AI data center operations and virtualization platform vCluster, announced a strategic partnership to help mid-market European enterprises based in Germany and beyond with rapid access to secure, sovereign AI compute – without vendor lock-in or data sovereignty risks.
Through this partnership, Polarise’s sovereign cloud platform integrates vCluster’s virtual cluster technology to provide customers with isolated Kubernetes environments meeting strict requirements around data residency, operational separation, and infrastructure transparency. All deployments operate under European jurisdiction and Polarise’s governance model, ensuring customers retain full control over their environments, data location, and operational policies. While vCluster Labs is incorporated in the United States, the company was founded by European engineers and maintains significant technical and development presence in Europe. Together, Polarise and vCluster Labs provide a transparent, technically robust foundation for organisations seeking modern cloud infrastructure without compromising sovereignty over their data, operations, and governance.
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Enabling Rapid, Sovereign AI Infrastructure Delivery
Both companies are founded by Germans who are familiar with the strict standards for German and European data regulations and aim to leverage their familiarity with these needs to bring AI infrastructure to mid-market customers in Germany and Europe. Key value propositions for these customers include: GDPR compliance, open-standards-based architecture, and full control over data and operations within European boundaries. With Polarise’s AI Factories now live throughout Europe, the physical foundation is in place. vCluster Labs’ platform sits on top, enabling Polarise to rapidly provision fully isolated, production-ready Kubernetes environments for each new customer on shared GPU infrastructure, dramatically accelerating time-to-value and simplifying day 2 operations and maintenance.
The joint solution is GDPR-compliant, built on open-source Kubernetes, ensuring customers maintain full portability with no lock-in or black-box dependencies.
“vCluster Labs lets us turn GPU infrastructure into customer-ready AI environments at a pace that was previously impossible. This partnership is how we deliver on our promise of sovereign AI, fast, open, and fully European.”
—Nicolas Kremer, CTO Polarise
“Polarise will resonate with German and other European customers who need sovereign, high-performance, and data-privacy-focused AI infrastructure. Our platform removes the last barrier between GPU hardware and these customers by delivering a managed Kubernetes platform that is on par with what customers would get from large hyperscalers. Together we are showing that digital sovereignty and hyperscaler-like experience are possible without compromises.”
— Lukas Gentele, CEO, vCluster Labs
SOURCE: vCluster