Financial institutions face a critical compliance dilemma. Regulators demand real-time surveillance of complex, high-volume trades to detect market abuse, but using cloud-based AI vendors creates unacceptable risks: data residency violations, exposure to geopolitical cloud outages, and latency that can miss millisecond-scale manipulations. This isn't just a technical headache; it's a direct threat to regulatory standing and operational sovereignty. For more on managing these risks, see our pillar on Sovereign AI Infrastructure.













