Jurisdictional compliance meets exceptional security, availability, and performance with F12’s boutique private cloud services.
Canada's Sovereign Cloud

There's No Place Like Home
Data residency isn’t what it once was. New legislation like the CLOUD act means international cloud providers must violate local sovereignty. However, F12’s Sovereign Cloud is wholly Canadian-owned and operated. Therefore, it is under the sole jurisdiction of Canada.
Benefits of the F12 Sovereign Cloud
Who Needs Sovereign Cloud Services?
F12’s sovereign cloud services suit any organization seeking data protection, retention, or compliance within Canada’s jurisdiction. As a result, organizations often select the F12 sovereign cloud to satisfy regulators, appease customers, and entice investors while limiting their jurisdictional exposure.
Canadian data sovereignty
Canadian jurisdictional control
Simplified compliance
Independence and control
High Availability and Geo-redundancy
Extreme low latency
Boutique workload management
Sovereign data interconnections
Improved data and workload mobility
SOC 2 Type 2 Certified
Canadian Sovereign Cloud Services
F12 offers tailored solutions that empower organizations to seize digital economic advantages without sacrificing compliance, performance, or security.
High Availability Hosting
Built on VMware technology, F12’s sovereign cloud hosting includes multiple layers of data security and service resiliency.
Sovereign Data Backup
Confidently and securely backup sensitive data offsite without violating data sovereignty.
Geo-Redundant Hosting
Maximum resilience and availability with secure workload replication across multiple Canadian data centres.
Sovereign Disaster Recovery
Preserve business continuity with rapid workload failover and fallback without crossing borders.
Learn about the Sovereign Cloud from our CTO
Discover why the Sovereign Cloud is becoming the leading choice for organizations looking to increase resilience, reduce jurisdictional exposure and improve cloud performance. In this brisk conversation, F12’s CTO, Calvin Engen, explains what the Sovereign Cloud is and why F12 is trusted by thousands of IT decision makers across the country to manage mission-critical workloads.
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Sovereign Cloud Services
Not sure what sovereign cloud services are? You’re not alone. That’s why we brought in our CTO Calvin Engen to explain what sovereign cloud services are, why their location is important to your company, and how they can support your data protection, retention, and compliance needs. by: Calvin Engen What is sovereign cloud? Sovereign cloud […]
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