The Ledger

Cloud & hosting: the European ledger

3 services, ranked side by side on cited evidence: ownership, jurisdiction, and where your data actually lives.

# Service HQ Governing law Score FIE-SEAL Visit
01 Hetzner German cloud and dedicated-server provider with EU data centres and ISO 27001 / BSI C5 certifications. Alternative to AWS · DigitalOcean DE German law; subject to GDPR
88 Partial Jurisdiction 100 Independence 70
SEAL-1 Dossier →
02 OVHcloud European cloud provider headquartered in Roubaix, France; SecNumCloud qualified and publicly listed. Alternative to AWS · DigitalOcean FR French law; subject to GDPR; regulated under French NIS-2 transposition
88 Partial Jurisdiction 100 Independence 70
SEAL-1 Dossier →
03 Scaleway French cloud provider (Iliad group) with EU data centres in Paris, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Milan. Alternative to AWS · DigitalOcean FR French law; subject to GDPR
88 Partial Jurisdiction 100 Independence 70
SEAL-1 Dossier →