The UK's Ministry of Defence has signed a £400 million ($540 million) contract with Google sovereign cloud to support security and analytics workloads.

The arrangement promises Google AI, data analytics, and cybersecurity, all in sovereign datacenters built in the UK. Defense intelligence and national security specialists will also use the systems to share secure information between UK partners, the MoD statement said. The aim is to strengthen secure communication links between the UK and US, adding to the security partnership the two nations share.

Microsoft admits it 'cannot guarantee' data sovereignty

The Register has asked the MoD whether the US security services will have access to and use the same Google sovereign cloud as the UK.

The UK government released the news ahead of US p

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