{"page":"/blog/sovereign-cloud-providers","modified":"2026-11-10","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","columns":["Provider and offering","Operator and jurisdiction","Personnel and access controls","Key management","Certifications","Availability"],"rows":[["AWS European Sovereign Cloud","German GmbH companies owned by Amazon; customers contract with AWS EMEA SARL, Luxembourg (aws.eu FAQ, 5 Nov 2026)","Run by EU-resident staff in the EU; moving to EU citizens only (company claim) (aws.eu FAQ)","AWS KMS available; CloudHSM key stores not available (AWS docs)","C5, ISO 27001 and others, SOC 2 listed; no dates (aws.eu compliance)","GA 15 January 2026, Brandenburg, eusc-de-east-1; Local Zones in Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal announced (Amazon)"],["Microsoft Sovereign Cloud and EU Data Boundary","Microsoft (US); runs in existing EU regions (Microsoft, 16 June 2025)","Data Guardian: remote access approved by European-resident staff; still rolling out in October 2026 (Microsoft, 20 Oct 2026)","External key management with Azure Managed HSM GA (Microsoft, 20 Oct 2026)","No sovereign-specific certificate found","EU Data Boundary completed February 2025 (Microsoft, 26 Feb 2025); no dated GA notice found for Sovereign Public Cloud"],["Google Cloud: Data Boundary, Dedicated, Air-Gapped","Google (US) for Data Boundary; partners run Dedicated (Google, 21 May 2025)","Air-Gapped \"cannot be remotely accessed or shut down by Google\" (company claim) (Google)","Cloud EKM with Fortanix, Futurex and Thales key managers (Google docs, 6 Nov 2026)","Via partners (see S3NS)","Data Boundary available May 2025; Dedicated Germany in preview, GA targeted end of 2026 (S3NS, 20 May 2026)"],["Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud","Seven Oracle subsidiaries in EU countries, with boards of European nationals (Oracle FAQ, 1 Jul 2026)","Operated and supported by EU residents (company claim) (Oracle FAQ)","n/d (only \"enhanced encryption and key management options\")","C5, HDS, ENS, ISO and SOC listed \"upon completion of the applicable third-party audits\" (Oracle FAQ)","Available 31 July 2023; Frankfurt and Madrid regions (Oracle release note; Oracle docs)"],["OVHcloud","OVH SAS, Roubaix, France (ANSSI decision, 31 Jul 2026)","SecNumCloud services run \"exclusively by personnel based in Europe\" (company claim) (OVHcloud)","n/d (KMS and HSM products listed)","SecNumCloud for three services, including SNC Cloud Platform from 31 July 2026 (ANSSI); C5 and HDS listed without dates","Generally available"],["IONOS","IONOS Group SE, Montabaur, Germany; United Internet holds 63.8% (IONOS, 30 Jun 2026)","n/d","n/d","C5:2020 Type 1 on 28 May 2026 for 33 services; ISO 27001 on IT-Grundschutz, valid to 13 September 2028 (IONOS)","Generally available"],["T-Systems: T Cloud Public; Germany Data Boundary by T-Systems","T-Systems International GmbH (Deutsche Telekom); T Cloud Public was Open Telekom Cloud until January 2026 (T Cloud Public)","Google-based offer: operations \"done by EU employees only\" (company claim) (T-Systems)","Google-based offer: T-Systems manages keys outside Google (Google, 4 Jun 2024)","T Cloud Public: C5 Type II, SOC 2, ISO 27001, TISAX (T Cloud Public)","Google-based offer announced 8 September 2021 (Deutsche Telekom); limited to europe-west3 (Google docs, 26 Oct 2026)"],["Scaleway","Scaleway SAS, Paris; part of the iliad Group (Scaleway)","n/d","n/d","ISO 27001 and HDS; SecNumCloud \"not yet granted\" (Scaleway)","Generally available; SEAL-3 in the Commission tender (Commission)"],["STACKIT","Schwarz Digits Cloud GmbH & Co. KG, Germany (Schwarz Group) (STACKIT)","n/d","n/d (KMS product listed)","C5 Type 2, ISO 27001 on IT-Grundschutz, TISAX; no dates (STACKIT)","Generally available; data centres in Germany and Austria; SEAL-3 in the Commission tender (Commission)"],["Bleu (Orange and Capgemini; Microsoft technology)","Bleu SAS, Paris, wholly owned by Capgemini and Orange (Bleu)","Run by Bleu staff from Paris and Rennes (company claim) (Bleu, 17 Apr 2025)","n/d","ISO 27001 and HDS, August 2026 (Bleu, 7 Sep 2026); SecNumCloud J0 on 17 April 2025, not yet qualified","In service; qualification targeted for end of 2026 (Leto)"],["S3NS (Thales; Google Cloud technology)","Thales Cloud Sécurisé, Paris (ANSSI decision, 17 Dec 2025)","\"Operated and administered exclusively by S3NS employees\" (company claim) (S3NS)","Customer-created or imported keys; Thales HSMs (company claim) (S3NS)","SecNumCloud 3.2 for PREMI3NS (IaaS, PaaS, CaaS), 17 December 2025 to 17 December 2028 (ANSSI)","GA 16 October 2025 (S3NS)"]],"sourceUrls":[["https://aws.eu/faq/","https://docs.aws.eu/esc/latest/userguide/kms.html","https://aws.eu/compliance/","https://press.aboutamazon.com/aws/2026/1/aws-launches-aws-european-sovereign-cloud-and-announces-expansion-across-europe"],["https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/06/16/announcing-comprehensive-sovereign-solutions-empowering-european-organizations/","https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/10/20/advancing-digital-sovereignty-with-greater-control-and-choice/","https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/02/26/microsoft-completes-landmark-eu-data-boundary-offering-enhanced-data-residency-and-transparency/"],["https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/google-advances-sovereignty-choice-and-security-in-the-cloud","https://cloud.google.com/sovereign-cloud","https://docs.cloud.google.com/kms/docs/ekm","https://www.s3ns.io/en/news/sovereign-cloud-launch-germany"],["https://www.oracle.eu/faq/","https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/releasenotes/changes/f5a57de0-498c-40b0-8f80-b0e3b5d06863/","https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/sovereign-cloud/eu-sovereign-cloud.htm"],["https://messervices.cyber.gouv.fr/visas/2026_3393_np.pdf","https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/compliance/secnumcloud/","https://messervices.cyber.gouv.fr/visas/catalogue-produits-services-profils-de-protection-sites-certifies-qualifies-agrees-anssi.pdf"],["https://www.ionos-group.com/investor-relations/share/details-on-the-share.html","https://cloud.ionos.de/zertifikate"],["https://www.t-cloud-public.com/en/data-security-gdpr-cloud","https://www.t-systems.com/de/en/cloud-services/solutions/cloud-infrastructure/public-cloud/google-cloud-managed-services/google-sovereign-cloud","https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/how-european-customers-benefit-today-from-the-power-of-choice-with-google-sovereign-cloud","https://www.t-cloud-public.com/en/products-services/core-services/certifications","https://www.telekom.com/en/media/media-information/archive/sovereign-cloud-from-t-systems-and-google-cloud-635314","https://docs.cloud.google.com/sovereign-controls-by-partners/docs/data-boundaries/germany-data-boundary-tsi"],["https://www.scaleway.com/en/about-us/","https://www.scaleway.com/en/security-and-compliance/secnumcloud/","https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/commission-advances-cloud-sovereignty-through-strategic-procurement-2026-04-17_en"],["https://stackit.com/en/imprint","https://stackit.com/en/why-stackit/benefits/certificates","https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/commission-advances-cloud-sovereignty-through-strategic-procurement-2026-04-17_en"],["https://www.bleucloud.fr/informations-legales-et-cgu/","https://www.bleucloud.fr/bleu-valide-le-j0-de-la-qualification-secnumcloud-3-2/","https://www.bleucloud.fr/bleu-obtient-les-certifications-iso-iec-27001-et-hebergeur-de-donnees-de-sante-hds-v2/","https://www.leto.legal/news/bleu-secnumcloud-qualification-reportee-fin-2026"],["https://messervices.cyber.gouv.fr/visas/2025_2057_np.pdf","https://www.s3ns.io/en/news/premi3ns-secnumcloud-qualification","https://www.s3ns.io/en/offers/premi3ns-trusted-cloud","https://www.s3ns.io/en/news/s3ns-cloud-de-confiance-enters-general-availability"]]}