Cato Private PoP Unlocks Sovereignty Markets

Private PoP turns sovereignty from a sales objection into a channel advantage. Instead of telling a bank, ministry, or telecom that traffic must enter Cato operated infrastructure in another country, Cato can let a service provider run the same software stack inside a local facility, while still tying that node into Cato’s backbone and management plane. That makes expansion into residency sensitive markets much more practical, especially where local procurement favors domestic operators.

• In June 2025, Cato launched Private PoP specifically for service providers, letting them deploy Cato software on their own network infrastructure. That matters because sovereignty buyers usually care about where packets are processed, not just where a vendor is headquartered.
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• This also changes the go to market motion. Private PoP sits next to the managed SASE partner platform, so telcos and MSPs can white label or locally host the service, which opens government, regulated enterprise, and mid market accounts that direct sales teams struggle to reach efficiently.
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• Cato is pairing this architecture with physical expansion. The company has added PoPs in Oslo and Marseille, localized IP ranges in Kazakhstan and Chennai, and in February 2026 partnered with Expereo to improve last mile reach, giving it a way to combine local control with broader global coverage.
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Going forward, the winners in SASE will be the vendors that can look global to multinationals and local to regulators at the same time. Private PoP gives Cato a credible path into sovereignty led markets without abandoning its core backbone model, and it should make partners a bigger growth engine across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.