Balancing Cloud Resilience with GDPR Data Residency Risk

Cross-region cloud failover can create a governance conflict when resilience mechanisms move regulated data beyond its intended jurisdiction. The article examines the potential GDPR exposure created when capacity routing transfers data to another region for processing, even when data remains encrypted in transit. It contrasts two responses: limiting cross-region failover or using sovereign infrastructure designed to keep workloads within defined boundaries. Technology leaders should make data-routing behavior an explicit architecture and risk decision rather than relying solely on contractual residency commitments.