Google and World Wide Technology (WWT) are partnering for sovereign cloud solutions in the US to target government customers.

Google Public Sector and technology solutions provider WWT have announced a joint effort to ‘advance the adoption’ of Google Distributed Cloud Hosted (GDC Hosted), a sovereign cloud solution.

WWT is the first partner approved by Google Cloud to operate GDC Hosted sovereign clouds in the United States as a ‘Managed GDC Provider.’

“We are excited to partner with WWT to help bring the power of Google Distributed Cloud to the federal government,” said Jan Niemiec - Managing Director, Google Cloud. “WWT understands the needs of customers with stringent requirements, including classified, restricted, and top-secret data.”

Google said GDC Hosted is air-gapped and does not require connectivity to Google Cloud or the public Internet at any time to manage the infrastructure, services, APIs, or tooling, and it is built to remain disconnected in perpetuity.

“We are proud to collaborate with Google Public Sector to offer our Public Sector customers a dedicated cloud solution to help secure sensitive data and support their data sovereignty,” said Scot Gagnon, WWT VP of federal sales. “In an era of data-driven decisions, secure data management for federal agencies is critical. Partnering with Google Public Sector, we will continue our track record of delivering innovative ideas and technology that accelerate mission-critical outcomes by giving federal customers the capabilities they need to manage the nation’s most sensitive applications and data.”

According to WWT’s website, the company operates around 500 racks across five of its own data centers – many in St. Louis, Missouri – and leases space in an Equinix facility in Ashburn, Virginia.

Most cloud providers in the US – including Microsoft, Amazon, and Oracle – have long had dedicated cloud regions for government customers.