Nutanix has expanded its cloud platform capabilities to support organisations building and operating distributed sovereign cloud environments, as enterprises and governments across Asia-Pacific place growing emphasis on data control, resilience and regulatory compliance.
The latest updates to the Nutanix Cloud Platform are designed to give customers greater flexibility in deploying infrastructure across on-premises environments, sovereign cloud providers and fully disconnected or “dark site” locations, while maintaining unified management and operational consistency. The company said the enhancements address increasing concerns around vendor lock-in, geopolitical risk and business continuity.
According to Jay Tuseth (pictured), Vice President and General Manager, Nutanix APJ, regulatory complexity is a major driver of demand. “Across Asia-Pacific and Japan, organisations are navigating one of the most diverse and complex regulatory landscapes in the world, with country-specific sovereignty and data residency mandates accelerating the need for trusted solutions,” Tuseth said. “Our latest Nutanix Cloud Platform enhancements are designed to help enterprises meet these requirements confidently while maintaining the agility and scalability needed to innovate across multiple jurisdictions.”
As cloud estates become more distributed, organisations are struggling to balance sovereignty requirements with operational simplicity. Nutanix said its platform updates allow customers to define and enforce their own sovereign boundaries without sacrificing automation, visibility or workload mobility.
New security and governance features include lifecycle management for disconnected environments and expanded on-premises deployment options for management and control planes. Nutanix Central can now run entirely within customer-controlled environments, while Nutanix Data Lens is being extended to support on-premises data security, governance and ransomware resilience.
The company has also broadened support for sovereignty-aligned cloud providers. Nutanix Government Cloud Clusters on AWS are now available for US federal agencies, while Nutanix Cloud Clusters are generally available on Google Cloud across 17 regions, with additional support on Microsoft Azure, AWS and Europe-based OVHcloud.
Security enhancements extend to Kubernetes and AI workloads, including upcoming FIPS 140-3 validated and STIG-compliant operating system options, expanded network isolation for containers, and tighter governance for AI workloads through integration with NVIDIA AI Enterprise.
Resilience improvements include tiered disaster recovery options designed to maintain application availability across multiple sites and regions, even during large-scale outages. These protections now extend to Kubernetes applications handling both block and file data.
Nutanix said the expanded capabilities reflect a broader shift toward sovereignty-aligned cloud architectures, where organisations require not just compliance, but the ability to operate independently, securely and resiliently across highly distributed environments.
