Geopatriation is a term related to cloud repatriation, involving the relocation of workloads from global cloud hyperscalers to regional or national alternatives due to geopolitical uncertainty.
Geopatriation seeks to control and own cloud infrastructure located in a specific territory under clear legal jurisdiction, similar to sovereign clouds.
Organizations employ geopatriation as a strategy to protect cloud workloads and it is considered a form of cloud repatriation.
Options for protecting cloud workloads facing geopolitical risks include reinforcement, redeployment, removal, repatriation, or accepting the risks of disruption.
Geopatriation has gained interest due to geopolitical events that may threaten the continuity of hyperscale public-cloud-integrated IaaS and PaaS services.
Geopatriation can be executed by transferring cloud resources to private, on-premise, or bare-metal infrastructure for enhanced control and security.
To perform geopatriation, organizations need to consider various infrastructure options, cost comparisons, functionality, and scalability of the alternatives available.
Geopatriation is particularly significant due to factors like new legislation, cybersecurity standards, trade disputes, and conflicts affecting cloud services.
Key considerations for geopatriation include ensuring uninterrupted services despite geopolitical uncertainties and compliance with laws and regulations.
Geopatriation and cloud repatriation are distinct concepts, with the former focusing on geographic considerations and the latter on the transfer of cloud services from public to private infrastructures.