The discussion on geospatial sovereignty in the AI era emphasizes the importance of open formats, flexible compute, and interoperable standards to maintain resilient, independent digital infrastructures. It draws parallels between historical isolation policies, like Japan's Edo period, and modern technological sovereignty movements, highlighting initiatives like Europe's EuroStack and Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030. Estonia is noted for its pioneering digital diplomacy with its "Data Embassy." Key to achieving sovereignty is the separation of compute and storage, enabling flexibility in data processing across various platforms without vendor lock-in. The text stresses the importance of using open data formats such as GeoParquet and Apache Iceberg, which allow for a distributed architecture and data portability across various regions and clouds. It also underlines the sovereignty challenges posed by AI, advocating for open standards and platforms that allow flexibility in AI provider choices. Moreover, it highlights the critical role of semantic standardization and common data models in ensuring global collaboration, emphasizing the need for open standards and architectures to avoid dependencies and ensure both innovation and independence in geospatial systems.