Data Residency

Data residency is the requirement that personal or regulated data stays within a specified geographic region throughout processing, storage, and backup.

What is Data Residency?

Data residency is a contractual and configuration concern. Cloud providers offer EU regions; model API providers offer EU-only routing; vector databases offer regional clusters. Residency is distinct from data transfer (the legal mechanism for moving data) and from sovereignty (state-level control over data and infrastructure). Enterprise buyers in EU finance, healthcare, and the public sector frequently require EU residency end-to-end.

How does Data Residency apply to enterprise AI?

Impetora deploys EU-resident infrastructure by default and documents every component's region in /security. This is one of the most common procurement filters.