The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) has signed an agreement with Google Cloud that will see the latter delivering sovereign cloud capabilities. The NCIA will use Google Distributed Cloud (GDC), Google’s on-premises offering that sees Google hardware deployed in a customer’s data center of choice. The agency will specifically adopt the “air-gapped” version of GDC, which is disconnected from the wider Internet and was launched in July 2024 The deal is hoping to strengthen NATO’s digital infrastructure and data governance, while adopting cloud and Al capabilities, according to the NTCIA.