Databricks plans AWS and Azure sovereign-cloud expansion in Europe

Databricks said on November 9 that it plans to add three European cloud regions and extend sovereign controls for Azure Databricks, though it gave no firm delivery date for any of the commitments.

The Databricks announcement identifies Azure Italy, Azure Spain and AWS European Sovereign Cloud as future regions. If delivered, the three would expand the 17 European cloud regions that Databricks said it served when it made the announcement.

The company is also working with Microsoft to extend Microsoft Sovereign Public Cloud controls to Azure Databricks. That work covers operational oversight, personnel controls and transparency measures. Databricks does not say the additions are already available or specify which controls still need to be implemented.

Those plans are separate from capabilities already in place. Databricks said Azure Databricks is a regional Azure service and has complied with the Azure EU Data Boundary since the boundary launched. Microsoft says its broader sovereignty services include Cloud for Sovereignty in all Azure regions and an EU Data Boundary fully implemented in February 2025. Neither establishes that the newly announced Azure Databricks extensions are available.

For AWS, Databricks committed to make its platform natively available on AWS European Sovereign Cloud. The underlying AWS cloud became generally available on January 14, 2026, beginning with a region in Brandenburg, Germany. AWS describes the cloud as physically and logically separate from its existing regions, with its components located in the European Union. Databricks, however, described its own availability there as future work.

Databricks did not provide launch quarters, a rollout sequence, preview access or region identifiers for the three planned deployments. Its announcement says the plans are subject to change and do not commit the company to specific functionality by a specific date.