Share on LinkedInShare on LinkedIn

ARTICLE · 01 DECEMBER 2025

Market Intelligence Thought Leadership Award Winner

The Privacy Advantage Of Canadian Data Centres

As the goal of data sovereignty gains in importance, the measures, legal and technological, to realize it come in focus.

CanadaPrivacy

As the goal of data sovereignty gains in importance, the measures, legal and technological, to realize it come in focus. The starting point is set by The Honourable Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation at the Montréal All-In Summit, on September 24, 2025:

"Sovereign compute, sovereign cloud, is not just a slogan. It is a mission. And it means Canadian data, not all Canadian data, the key sensitive data, stays under Canadian law, safeguarded in Canadian controlled data centres."

This article expands upon the privacy law implications of a Canadian controlled data centre, through three distinctive legal advantages:

  • Staying outside the scope of the US CLOUD Act;

We operate a free-to-view policy, asking only that you register in order to read all of our content. Please login or register to view the rest of this article.

About Dentons

Dentons is the world's first polycentric global law firm. A top 20 firm on the Acritas 2015 Global Elite Brand Index, the Firm is committed to challenging the status quo in delivering consistent and uncompromising quality and value in new and inventive ways. Driven to provide clients a competitive edge, and connected to the communities where its clients want to do business, Dentons knows that understanding local cultures is crucial to successfully completing a deal, resolving a dispute or solving a business challenge. Now the world's largest law firm, Dentons' global team builds agile, tailored solutions to meet the local, national and global needs of private and public clients of any size in more than 125 locations serving 50-plus countries. www.dentons.com

The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances. Specific Questions relating to this article should be addressed directly to the author.

See more popular content from