Deployment modes
From fully local processing to controlled cloud access — start with a pragmatic setup and evolve toward stricter or broader models as your AI usage scales.
A model inside your own environment answers every request. Cloud models and external services such as web search stay off until you explicitly enable them. Best for strict data-sovereignty and confidentiality requirements.
Best fit
| Deployment mode | Data control | Cloud model access | Local processing | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local-only | Very high | No | Yes | Sensitive & regulated environments |
| Local-preferred | High | Controlled | Yes | Enterprise rollout with mixed use cases |
| Cloud-preferred | Medium to high | Yes | Optional | Fast adoption with governance |
| Cloud-only with controls | Medium | Yes | No | First-stage AI governance |
| Air-gapped | Maximum | No | Yes | High-security environments |
Hosting & evidence
BRANE usually runs on hardware at your site. For the hosted variant BRANE Cloud (coming soon) and for our fleet management and updates we use data centres in Germany. The evidence below belongs to the operators of these data centres, not to AI-Z. Each item links the operator's own document.
Hosted variant (BRANE Cloud, coming soon)
Data centre in Nuremberg
Fleet management and updates
Data centre in Germany
This evidence does not cover BRANE at your site; there, your own operations count. AI-Z GmbH itself: ISO 27001 in progress.
