Everyone talks about tariffs because tariffs are loud.
Almost nobody talks about data sovereignty because it sounds like a panel discussion with bad coffee.
But guess which one will shape the next decade more?
Michael Geist’s article in The Globe and Mail makes the point clearly: countries aren’t just fighting over goods anymore. They’re fighting over where data sits, who controls it, and whose laws can reach it.
That matters a lot if you’re building anything in cloud, AI, fintech, health, defense, or public sector.
Translation for founders: your infrastructure stack is no longer just a technical decision. It’s becoming a geopolitical one.
Fun. Relaxing. Exactly what every startup wanted.
The new question isn’t just “Is it scalable?”
It’s “Whose jurisdiction comes bundled with it?”