Red Hat announced on May 11 an expanded collaboration with Sopra Steria to accelerate sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives. The partnership aims to provide organizations with technical independence and flexibility as they deploy AI across various cloud environments using Red Hat OpenShift.
The alliance is intended to address the growing need for technical autonomy in AI, particularly as it becomes a priority for businesses and public sector organizations. By standardizing on Red Hat OpenShift, Sopra Steria offers an architectural blueprint that supports long-term IT control and reduces reliance on single technology providers.
Grégory Wintrebert, Director of Institutional Relations and Strategic Partnerships at Sopra Steria, said: “Our collaboration with Red Hat allows us to translate this vision into concrete architecture — an open, portable platform that preserves freedom of technological choice without compromising performance. This is how sovereignty becomes a lever for resilience, not an abstract goal.” Penny Philpot, vice president of EMEA Ecosystem at Red Hat, added: “Red Hat believes that the only credible path to digital sovereignty is a foundation built on open source. Our work with Sopra Steria establishes a primary framework that moves AI from restricted environments into scalable, production realities. We provide the technical autonomy required for enterprises to lead in the AI era while maintaining full control of their technological infrastructure.”
The expanded collaboration introduces standardized operational frameworks across on-premises, sovereign cloud, public cloud, and edge environments. It includes modular platforms such as the Trusted Digital Platform—built on Red Hat OpenShift—to deliver secure foundations for modern applications while maintaining customer control over digital assets. Additionally, Sopra Steria’s Digital Innovation Factory utilizes this technology internally among more than 11,000 developers across thousands of projects.
Looking forward, both companies plan to industrialize advanced AI capabilities including agentic AI and specialized business assistants within an open hybrid cloud architecture. The combined expertise from both firms is expected to help customers move mission-critical workloads into sovereign environments without sacrificing flexibility or control.
