Australia's Federal Cloud Policy Makes Sovereign Control a Default Procurement Criterion

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Australia's federal Cloud Policy took effect on 1 July 2026, making sovereign control—infrastructure and management by Australian-incorporated entities, with data stored and processed in Australian jurisdiction—a default procurement consideration for new government digital and ICT projects. The DTA has published test criteria and selected six vendors; Google Cloud was excluded under these new rules.