SoftServe Earns AWS Digital Sovereignty Services Competency

AUSTIN, Texas (June 26, 2026) — SoftServe, a digital engineering and technology services company specializing in AI, data and cloud solutions, today announced it has earned the AWS Digital Sovereignty Services Competency. Regulators in over 30 countries can now penalize organizations for failing to know where their data is stored. Consequences can be far-reaching, from hefty fines to operational shutdowns and processing bans. SoftServe helps clients navigate this complex landscape as a trusted partner that has AWS-validated experience in building systems that make data residency, control and compliance auditable.

Governments around the world including EMEA, APAC and North America can now mandate where data lives — down to the server, shifting accountability from the policy team to the engineering team. CIOs need cloud architecture that proves compliance.

The architecture must not rely on assumption. Solutions include AWS European Sovereign Cloud (ESC) which ensures EU data residency by assigning operational control exclusively to EU-based personnel and maintaining a physical and logical separation of its infrastructure. This design supports strict sovereignty requirements while preserving the full capabilities of AWS.

For organizations operating in regulated industries — where a compliance gap is more than a fine — this designation signals that SoftServe has done this work before, under real scrutiny, and built systems that hold up when auditors arrive. To learn more about the SoftServe and AWS partnership, visit SoftServe's website.