Sovereignty
For some workloads, "logically isolated" is not the answer to the question being asked.
The mechanism
Regulation, contracts, and export controls increasingly specify where data physically sits, who can physically reach it, and who else runs on the same silicon. A hypervisor boundary is a strong technical control, and it is still a shared machine. Counsel reviewing a government or clinical contract is often asking about the machine.
Why it reaches your invoice
Teams discover the requirement late, then pay for an emergency migration, a compliance consultant, and a delayed deal — usually in that order.
How we handle it
Sovereign Compute means single tenancy stated in the contract: dedicated hardware, no co-tenants, defined physical location, and audit logging built to be handed to a reviewer. It costs more than the shared pool. For the workloads that need it, it is the only option that clears legal.