Can MLOps be operated entirely on-premises?

Yes, MLOps can technically be operated entirely on-premises. Many organisations, especially in regulated industries, deliberately choose their own infrastructure.

All core building blocks of MLOps, including orchestration, feature store, experiment tracking, model registry, CI/CD, and monitoring, can be implemented in your own data centre. Data does not leave your network, and security measures can be fully controlled internally.

On-premises operation offers advantages in data protection, information security, and technological sovereignty. At the same time, organisational effort increases because scaling, hardware management for GPU clusters, platform maintenance, and integration into existing IT landscapes must be handled internally.

In short: fully on-premises MLOps is possible but requires a stable platform of your own and clear internal operational responsibility.