Building Sovereign Data Infrastructure with Akave on Avalanche

Infrastructure and Tooling Announcement Infrastructure Developers

Jul 9, 2025 / By Avalanche / 4 Minute Read

Akave Launches First Decentralized Data Layer on Avalanche with Akave Cloud

Akave, a decentralized storage network built for modern data infrastructure, has launched Akave Cloud, the first decentralized data layer deployed on an Avalanche L1. Designed for decentralized AI, decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN), and enterprise Software as a Service (SaaS), Akave enables encrypted, programmable, and verifiable storage. With Akave Cloud now live, developers can build on self-sovereign storage backed by Avalanche’s high-performance blockchain infrastructure.

By anchoring storage logic directly to smart contracts, Akave removes the need for centralized intermediaries. Every interaction, from uploads to reads and permissions, is recorded on-chain, providing tamper-proof provenance and auditability.

Early adopters, like Intuizi, The Defiant, and Heurist.ai, are already utilizing Akave Cloud to support workloads that require transparency, security, and control. Akave is also the first decentralized storage system integrated with Snowflake, enabling analytics teams to work with familiar tools while shifting to sovereign, verifiable infrastructure.

Why Use Akave?

Modern applications, ranging from decentralized AI to compliance-heavy SaaS, demand more from storage infrastructure. Akave offers an alternative to centralized systems by providing:

Onchain verifiability with tamper-proof audit trails
Programmable sovereignty over access logic and SLAs
Client-side encryption to ensure data privacy
Modular design for cost-efficient, performant storage
Drop-in compatibility via an S3 API

Whether you’re building data-heavy applications or migrating from legacy systems, Akave aims to provide full control without compromising usability.

Verifiable Storage Meets Enterprise Performance. Powered by Avalanche

Akave Cloud runs on its own dedicated Avalanche L1, delivering the speed, scalability, and configurability necessary for real-time, data-intensive workloads. Avalanche’s infrastructure enables EVM compatibility, low-latency data access, and customizable chain logic to meet enterprise requirements.

"What drew us to Avalanche was more than just the technology—it was the alignment. Their ecosystem shares our focus on enterprise-grade infrastructure."— Stefaan Vervaet, CEO and Co-Founder, Akave

Akave Cloud integrates seamlessly into existing pipelines via an S3-compatible API. With client-side encryption and smart contract access controls, teams retain end-to-end control over how data is managed, accessed, and monetized. Programmable storage wallets enable logic and permissions to move with the data itself, supporting use cases in AI, SaaS, and decentralized finance.

To simplify onboarding, Akave offers a hosted deployment option that maintains all the architectural benefits of onchain auditability, immutability, and sovereignty while reducing infrastructure overhead and costs by up to 80% compared to traditional cloud providers.

Akave’s architecture supports multi-tier storage by combining its high-speed hot-tier network with cost-efficient cold-tier extensions via Filecoin. This gives teams flexibility to optimize for performance, durability, and cost based on workload requirements.

Why Participate in the Akave Network?

As a DePIN, Akave allows contributors to earn by supporting its storage layer. Participants can provide bandwidth, compute, or storage, operate nodes to ensure uptime, and launch regional L1s tailored to governance or compliance needs. Developers can also build on programmable data using native access controls and monetization tools. Akave’s community-driven architecture makes it easy to contribute to a verifiable, scalable storage ecosystem.

Akave’s roadmap includes enabling community-run Avalanche L1s for sovereign data zones with regional logic, governance, and compliance. This permissionless model blends decentralized infrastructure with the configurability needed for real-world applications.

Explore tools, docs, and integrations to get started at akave.cloud, and join Akave’s Migration Workshop on July 16th to learn more.

About Avalanche

Avalanche is an ultra-fast, low-latency blockchain platform designed for builders who need high performance at scale. The network’s architecture allows for the creation of sovereign, efficient and fully interoperable public and private layer 1 (L1) blockchains which leverage the Avalanche Consensus Mechanism to achieve high throughput and near-instant transaction finality. The ease and speed of launching an L1, and the breadth of architectural customization choices, make Avalanche the perfect environment for a composable multi-chain future.

Supported by a global community of developers and validators, Avalanche offers a fast, low-cost environment for building decentralized applications (dApps). With its combination of speed, flexibility, and scalability, Avalanche is the platform of choice for innovators pushing the boundaries of blockchain technology.