IBM adds self-hosted deployment for Bob, including air-gapped environments

IBM made its Bob AI development platform available for on-premises, private-cloud, sovereign-cloud and air-gapped environments. Customers can run supported models on infrastructure they license, or connect Bob to external model services in hybrid setups. The launch targets regulated industries with data-residency needs, and the release gave no separate availability date or named customers.

• Runs on-premises, private cloud, sovereign cloud and air-gapped
• Supports licensed models on customer infrastructure or hybrid external models
• No separate availability date or named customers in the release
• IBM's June 2026 research: 68% of executives find data-residency requirements challenging