HyperscalersAWS · Azure · GCP
Many
Zero
One US entity. A foreign court reaches every region it operates, wherever the rack sits.
Model vendorsFrontier model APIs
None
Zero
An API is a jurisdiction you rent. It can be repriced, restricted, or sanctioned.
Applied AI servicesOde with Anthropic · The Deployment Company · Deloitte · Accenture
None
Zero
The engineers travel. The incorporation does not, and neither does their commitment to one model vendor.
Data platformsDatabricks · Snowflake
Many
Zero
Same entity problem, and no execution governance layer to enforce a boundary even if there were one.
AI platformsPalantir AIP and peers
Many
Zero
Deploys into your environment and stays a US entity. The deployment is local. The company that answers the court order is not.
Neo-cloudsRunpod · Lambda
Few
Zero
Rented compute with no governance layer. Nothing decides what may not run, so there is no boundary to hold.
Internal buildIn-house platform teams
Yours
One, expensively
You can hold your own. Every additional country is a new project, a new team, a new audit.
Control planePolicy as the boundary
Yours, or none
As many as you write
The policy file is the boundary. Nine countries is nine policies and one platform.
Placement as of July 2026.
