Data Residency

Data residency refers to the requirement or practice of storing and processing personal data within specific geographic boundaries, typically defined by national borders or regulatory jurisdictions. For organizations subject to regulations like the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or laws in countries like Russia and China, data residency mandates mean customer information cannot be transferred to or processed in data centers outside approved locations. This constraint matters for AI governance because training datasets, model inference, and operational logs often contain sensitive information that must stay within jurisdictional boundaries, which affects where you can build and deploy AI systems and which cloud providers or infrastructure you can use.

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