SUSE rolled out a strengthened India-focused strategy centered on digital sovereignty and enterprise AI, introducing new platforms to help organizations deploy AI while preserving data governance and control over infrastructure and cloud environments.

The company will maintain momentum through ongoing updates and engagement channels across SUSE social media and related channels for further information.

Top executives underscored owning intelligence and architectural sovereignty to move AI from pilot to production, highlighting collaboration with the Open Secure AI Alliance and the importance of controlling data, code inspection, and cost stability without external access constraints.

Senior leaders emphasized production AI should run in controlled environments with strong data governance, rather than relying on third-party APIs.

Executives stressed owning AI models and data, pursuing open secure AI, and enabling production-scale AI with sovereignty, in partnership with the Open Secure AI Alliance and the SUSE AI Factory with NVIDIA.

Officials named Rhys Oxenham and Marshal Correia highlighted architectural sovereignty, governance, and scalable, secure AI deployment as essential for India’s digital transformation.

SUSE supports India's digital initiatives like the IndiaAI Mission and India Stack by providing open infrastructure with zero-trust security and verifiable SBOMs to ensure DPDP Act and CERT-In compliance while enabling production-ready apps for developers.

The sovereign open infrastructure portfolio aims for full multi-cloud readiness and architectural control by uniting Linux, Cloud-Native, Edge, AI, Telco, and SAP, anchored by SLES, Rancher Prime, and SUSE Edge for air-gapped protection.

This move aligns with India’s sovereign and private AI push, alongside in-country AI compute ecosystems and other players expanding delivery footprints in India.

SUSE AI Factory with NVIDIA integrates NVIDIA AI Enterprise under SUSE governance, dramatically shortening deployment timelines and enabling Private Enterprise AI with strong data governance and sovereignty.

The NVIDIA-powered AI Factory was unveiled to enable private AI environments, allowing workloads to run in customer-controlled environments with governance and regulatory compliance.

At SUSE Summit Mumbai 2026, the company noted that 62% of Indian organizations are investing in digital sovereignty, with 90% of IT leaders expecting AI budgets to rise, though secure large-scale AI infrastructure remains a challenge.