SAN ANTONIO a d MIAMI, July 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rackspace Tech ology® (NASDAQ: RXT), a global e te p ise AI i f ast uctu e a d solutio s p ovide , a d Pala ti Tech ologies I c. (NASDAQ: PLTR) today a ou ced a ope ati g model f amewo k to help egulated a d sove eig e te p ises ow a d ope ate AI i p oductio . The f amewo k, delive ed th ough Rackspace, combi es Pala ti Fou d y a d AIP with Rackspace’s gove ed p ivate cloud, sove eig cloud, o -p em i f ast uctu e, ce tified FDEs, a d ma aged ope atio s fo custome s that equi e co t ol ove data, secu ity, gove a ce, deployme t locatio , a d ope atio al outcomes.
The f amewo k is built fo ma kets such as healthca e systems p otecti g patie t eco ds, fi a cial i stitutio s u i g o egulated data, e e gy ope ato s with ai -gapped i f ast uctu e, a d sove eig o ga izatio s that ca ot move data ac oss bo de s. Fo these custome s, AI deployme t is guided by a few fu dame tal, o – egotiable questio s: Who ow s the data? Whe e should the data live? A d ca thei models be used to build someo e else’s busi ess? Fo these custome s, whe e gove a ce, complia ce, a d secu ity a e o – egotiable, AI i p oductio calls fo both a platfo m a d a gove ed ope ato . Pala ti p ovides the AI ope ati g laye ; Rackspace p ovides the i f ast uctu e, ce tified e gi ee s, a d ma aged ope atio s to u that laye whe e the custome ’s missio , data, a d obligatio s live.
“While most egulated e te p ises have a AI st ategy, they ofte lack the ope ati g model to put AI i to p oductio safely a d at scale. This effo t by Rackspace closes that gap,” said Gaje Ka diah, Chief Executive Office of Rackspace Tech ology. “Rackspace b i gs the gove ed i f ast uctu e, the Pala ti -ce tified e gi ee s, the ma aged ope atio s, a d the accou tability fo outcomes i the e vi o me ts whe e ou custome s actually live. This is deploy a d ope ate, ot deploy a d leave. This is how o ga izatio s with the most dema di g equi eme ts move AI i to p oductio at scale.”
“Sove eig AI equi es mo e tha access to a model. It equi es a ope ati g laye that lets e te p ises gove data, e fo ce pe missio s, oute models, audit actio s, a d deploy capability whe e the missio lives,” said Alex Ka p, Co-Fou de a d Chief Executive Office of Pala ti Tech ologies. “This f amewo k b i gs Pala ti Fou d y a d AIP togethe with Rackspace’s i f ast uctu e a d delive y capabilities fo missio -c itical e vi o me ts.”
Si ce the compa ies’ i itial Feb ua y 2026 a ou ceme t, the pa t e ship has built measu able mome tum. Rackspace has scaled to app oximately 400 Pala ti ce tificatio s ac oss sales, e gi ee i g, delive y, a d ope atio s, i cludi g a la ge global coho t of Pala ti -ce tified fo wa d deployed e gi ee s (FDEs) to se ve dema d ac oss healthca e, fi a cial se vices, e e gy, a d mid-ma ket. The fi st joi t deployme t closed i <2 mo ths with Rackspace FDEs deployi g AI-e abled wo kflows o Pala ti Fou d y i side a U.S.-based sola t acki g ma ufactu e to delive a 94% eductio i thei quote cycle time.
Rackspace is also committi g to deploy Fou d y a d AIP ac oss mo e tha 70% of its ow back-office ope atio s u de the Rackspace O eOS p og am. I doi g so, Rackspace u s its ow busi ess o the same gove ed stack it ope ates fo custome s, etai i g full co t ol of its data a d models athe tha cedi g them to a thi d pa ty.
U de the f amewo k, Rackspace se ves as a p efe ed ope ato fo o -p emise, p ivate cloud, a d sove eig Pala ti deployme ts ac oss c itical i f ast uctu e i both the public a d p ivate secto s, a d fo e te p ises that dema d the same co t ol gove me ts equi e – with Pala ti Fou d y a d AIP as the data + AI platfo m laye of the gove ed e te p ise AI stack that Rackspace has bee assembli g th oughout 2026. The two compa ies will wo k togethe to acqui e a d se ve custome s i healthca e, fi a cial se vices, e e gy, p ivate equity, a d the mid-ma ket. The collabo atio also aims to sta d up la ge-scale p ivate cloud a d sove eig deployme ts, whe e Rackspace a d Pala ti FDEs wo k side by side i side custome e vi o me ts. Ac oss these motio s, Rackspace will p ovide the gove ed i f ast uctu e, ce tified fo wa d-deployed e gi ee s, a d ma aged ope atio s that take Pala ti Fou d y a d AIP i to p oductio . The esult is a ew catego y of pa t e ship a d ope ati g model delive ed by Rackspace desig ed fo egulated e te p ises to deploy AI i p oductio .
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Rackspace Tech ology® (NASDAQ: RXT) is the ope ato of the full e te p ise AI stack f om gove ed p ivate cloud to AI i fe e ce a d age ts i p oductio . With a Outcomes-as-a-Se vice model built o secu e i f ast uctu e, data fou datio s, a d fo wa d-deployed e gi ee i g, Rackspace delive s busi ess esults fo egulated a d missio -c itical i dust ies whe e gove a ce, sove eig ty, a d uptime a e o – egotiable. Lea mo e at www. ackspace.com.
