Is your AI Infrastructure compliance-ready? A practical checklist for Consultants delivering in high-stakes environments

 

When you’re launching an AI project, everyone talks about performance.
Very few talk about compliance — until it becomes the bottleneck.

Maybe it’s a healthcare client asking about data hosting.
Maybe it’s a financial institution demanding an SLA.
Maybe it’s a public-sector mission where sovereignty is non-negotiable.

 

In each case, the challenge is the same:
You don’t control the infrastructure, but you’re accountable for it.

 

Compliance isn’t an afterthought; it’s your credibility.

If you’re an ESN consultant, an AI architect, or a delivery lead, you’ve likely been here:

• The model is fine-tuned
• The stack is ready
• The client is eager to move

 

And then comes the procurement or compliance review — and suddenly:

“Where is this data stored?”
“Are you GDPR-compliant at the infra level?”
“Do you have a DPA, SLA, and isolation guarantees?”

If the answers are unclear, the entire project slows down — or stalls.

 

The AI Infrastructure Compliance Checklist

Here’s a practical checklist to evaluate your infra before the friction starts. Use it as a quick audit when deploying AI for clients who demand trust, transparency, and control.

 

1. Hosting & Data Sovereignty

✅ Fully EU-hosted compute and storage

✅ No reliance on extraterritorial vendors (e.g. US Cloud Act exposure)

✅ Available in defined French or European regions

 

 

2. GDPR & Legal Grounding

✅ Explicit GDPR compliance at the infrastructure level

✅ No cross-border data replication

✅ Clear, accessible Data Processing Agreement (DPA)

 

 

3. Security & Isolation

✅ Ability to deploy private clusters or dedicated hardware

✅ Tenant isolation (physical or virtual)

✅ Audit logs and usage tracking

 

 

4. SLAs & Support

✅ SLA with minimum 99.9% uptime

✅ Local support during European hours

✅ Technical contacts available during go-live

 

 

5. Procurement & Integration

✅ Transparent billing by project or environment

✅ API-first or CLI access (for automation + DevOps)

✅ Public documentation for integration and audits

 

Why this matters; even outside public sector

While compliance is often front and center in public-sector projects, it increasingly shapes AI delivery in:

• Healthcare and MedTech (HIPAA/GDPR concerns)
• Financial services (outsourcing and operational risk rules)
• Enterprise SaaS (client audits, ISO 27001, SOC 2)
• Defense and critical infrastructure

 

The reality?
Even “non-sensitive” clients now expect enterprise-grade infra hygiene.

 

How Sesterce helps

Sesterce Cloud is designed for delivery teams who can’t afford friction — and who know that infra is more than GPU performance. It’s a trust layer.

 

With Sesterce, you get:

✅ GPU clusters hosted in France (Paris & Marseille)

✅ Sovereign infrastructure — no foreign dependency

✅ Private cluster options and audit-friendly documentation

✅ Consultant-ready billing and support

✅ Built-in compliance by design

 

Ready to deliver AI without compliance drama?

Use this checklist before your next client engagement, RFP, or POC.
Your future self — and your client — will thank you.

 

Try a compliant cluster.