What a private, self-hosted AI deployment looks like in Hong Kong and when it is worth the extra effort.
dgm is an independent osFoundry integration partner — not affiliated with osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC), and dgm has no completed client integrations yet.
A private, self-hosted AI deployment gives a Hong Kong business maximum control. Here is what it looks like and when it is worth the effort.
What private deployment means
Running AI in your own cloud account or on-premises, where data and keys stay under your control — rather than in a vendor’s managed service.
When it is worth it
For sensitive data, regulated work (HKMA, SFC), or strict residency needs. It costs more in setup and maintenance, so weigh that against the control gained.
How to do it
osFoundry’s managed cloud pins data to the US, EU or Japan — it does not currently offer a Hong Kong managed region (its nearest managed region is Japan). To keep data in Hong Kong, the honest path is self-hosting osFoundry (BYO Cloud) inside a Hong Kong cloud region such as AWS Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1, Microsoft Azure East Asia (Hong Kong SAR) or Google Cloud asia-east2 (Hong Kong), or running models locally on-device. A model-agnostic, self-hostable platform makes a private deployment realistic while keeping model choice.
Where dgm fits
dgm is an independent integration partner that helps Hong Kong businesses adopt osFoundry — scoping a first use case, handling the build, and connecting AI to the systems you already run. dgm is independent of osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC) and has no completed client integrations yet, so everything described here is a service offered, not a past result. If you want to scope a practical first project, dgm can help you map it out.