For many organizations, data sovereignty is a regulatory requirement and a strategic imperative. FormKiQ's expansion to twenty global regions represents our commitment to ensuring your organization maintains complete control over where your data resides, how it's processed, and who has access to it.
Seven New Regions, Unlimited Possibilities
Our new supported regions bring our total regional coverage to 20, each designed to address specific data sovereignty requirements:
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Stockholm (eu-north-1)
Meeting Nordic data protection standards with guaranteed EU data residency. Swedish organizations can now ensure complete compliance with national data sovereignty requirements while maintaining optimal performance for regional operations.
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Milan (eu-south-1)
Supporting Italian data residency requirements with enhanced local compliance capabilities. This region serves Southern European enterprises requiring strict data locality controls while accessing FormKiQ's full document management capabilities.
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London (eu-west-2)
Addressing post-Brexit UK data protection frameworks with dedicated British infrastructure. UK organizations can maintain data sovereignty while ensuring compliance with both domestic and international regulatory requirements.
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Cape Town (af-south-1)
Our first deployment in AWS Africa (Cape Town) region ensures data residency in South Africa, helping organizations comply with local data-protection regulations such as POPIA.
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UAE - Dubai (me-central-1)
Supporting Middle Eastern data sovereignty requirements with guaranteed regional data residency. Organizations operating under UAE data protection laws can now ensure complete compliance while accessing global-scale document management infrastructure.
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Bahrain (me-south-1)
Expanding Gulf region coverage with dedicated infrastructure meeting Bahraini and regional data protection standards. This deployment ensures financial services and government organizations can maintain strict data sovereignty controls.
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Tokyo (ap-northeast-1)
Strengthening Asia-Pacific data sovereignty capabilities with Japanese data residency guarantees. Organizations subject to Japanese privacy laws can now choose complete data locality while accessing FormKiQ's advanced document processing capabilities.
Cross-Region Processing
When a required service (like Textract or Bedrock) isn’t available in your home region, FormKiQ can orchestrate processing in a designated, compliance-approved AWS region. All documents in transit and at rest remain encrypted under your keys, processing is ephemeral, and we enforce automated deletion and full audit logging.
Please note: for jurisdictions requiring 100% in-country execution (no cross-border transfer, even transient), you should run only region-native services or work with our internal processing options, such as Tesseract and a local LLM.
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Data residency guarantees: Documents are stored and processed only in your selected AWS region.
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Processing optimization: Workloads run on the most capable services available, whether region-native when possible, or in a compliance-approved region when needed.
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Compliance enforcement: All operations adhere to applicable data-protection regulations, with encryption under your keys.
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Audit transparency: Full logs of where and how your data is handled, including any cross-region processing steps.
Expanding Horizons: Future Regional Deployments and Enabling Hybrid Clouds
Our regional expansion strategy continues with careful evaluation of emerging AWS regions. AWS Calgary is a great example; while current service limitations prevent FormKiQ Core deployment, ca-west-1 can support FormKiQ Essentials, Advanced, and Enterprise tiers with additional configuration.
In addition, as FormKiQ is designed for flexibilty, we are continuing to improve our capabilities for expanded data sovereignty worldwide, using on-prem and hybrid architectures.
Contact us for more information on how FormKiQ can be adapted to meet requirements in your jurisdictions.
Data Sovereignty by Design
FormKiQ's global infrastructure delivers comprehensive data sovereignty capabilities:
- Guaranteed Data Residency: Documents stored exclusively within your chosen jurisdiction
- Regulatory Compliance: Built-in support for GDPR, CCPA, SOX, HIPAA, and regional requirements
- Transparent Audit Trails: Complete visibility into data location and access patterns
- Cross-Border Controls: Granular policies preventing unauthorized data movement
- Local Performance: Improved response times within regional boundaries
The Future of Global Document and Information Management
FormKiQ's growing regional footprint represents more than geographic expansion; it's a commitment to data sovereignty as a fundamental right, and a major factor in infrastructure design.
As data protection regulations continue evolving worldwide, FormKiQ remains committed to expanding our global presence and enhancing our sovereignty capabilities. Our continuous integration with global AWS infrastructure ensures your organization stays ahead of regulatory requirements while maintaining optimal performance, and our continued work in expanding our on-prem and hybrid options will help to ensure that organizations worldwide will have the freedom to provide a flexible, efficient, and scalable document and information management solution that meets the needs of all stakeholders.
Ready to explore FormKiQ's data sovereignty capabilities in your region? Please contact our team to discuss deployment options, regional configurations, and how our cross-region processing can optimize your workflows while providing data control that adheres to your compliance goals.
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