Architecture Patterns for Sovereign Workload Placement outlines how European mid-market organizations can balance cloud innovation, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience. As regulations such as DORA, NIS2, and GDPR increase requirements around sovereignty and risk management, companies face challenges choosing between global hyperscale cloud providers and EU-native infrastructure. The paper argues that relying exclusively on either approach can limit compliance, flexibility, or access to advanced cloud services. Instead, it presents a policy-driven workload placement model that enables organizations to distribute workloads across hyperscale and sovereign cloud environments while maintaining a unified operational framework. By leveraging continuous compliance monitoring, governa

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