DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY EU CLOUD COMPLIANCE

Your cloud still works, but your data is shipped overseas.

Your clients want to know how their data is used, monitored, and stored.
Are you aware of which laws and regulations apply and which risks you’re taking?

YOUR CLOUD DIDN’T CHANGE. EU CLOUD REGULATIONS DID.

For years, nobody asked where the data lived. The cloud was built for speed, scale, and convenience.
Then the questions started. A client procurement review. A compliance audit. A new EU requirement. Suddenly, “hosted in Europe” is no longer a complete answer.
And when someone asks exactly where the data sits, who controls it, and which laws apply, the answer is usually unclear.

SOUND FAMILIAR?

“It’s hosted in the European Union, so we’re compliant.”

Until a client asks which provider actually controls the data.

“Sovereignty only matters for governments.”

Not anymore. The EU Data Act changes that.

“We standardized everything on one hyperscaler.”

Efficient operationally. Risky from a sovereignty and vendor lock-in perspective.

“We’ll deal with it when regulation catches up.”

And you’re running out of ways to explain it.

What’s already in effect.

The journey toward digital sovereignty began in 2018 with GDPR, which established a critical baseline for privacy but left a gap: hosting data in the EU never guaranteed it was governed by EU rules. Since then, the landscape has tightened significantly. NIS2 has moved beyond simple privacy to mandate rigorous cybersecurity and supply chain oversight for a vast range of industries. The evolution culminated in the EU Data Act, which took effect in September 2025 and introduced transformative requirements for cloud portability and vendor lock-in.

This isn’t a future roadmap; it is a current regulatory reality that demands an immediate review of existing contracts and architectures.

2018 | GDPR

The baseline. But “EU-hosted” doesn’t automatically mean “EU-governed.”
October 2024 | NIS2 Directive

Cybersecurity and supply chain requirements for critical infrastructure and digital service providers.
September 2025 | EU Data Act

Cloud portability and vendor lock-in restrictions. Contracts need revisiting.
2025-2026 | EUCS Certification

EU-wide cloud security certification. Still under negotiation, but the direction is clear.
January 2027 | Data Act Portability Deadline

Switching fees between cloud providers must be fully eliminated.

How we help you become sovereign-ready.

Cloud sovereignty & compliance assessment.

We review your cloud setup, providers, data flows, access controls, and operational dependencies to identify where sovereignty and compliance risks exist. Not theoretical advice. A practical assessment based on how your systems actually run.

You receive.

A clear map of sovereignty exposure

Data residency and provider dependency analysis

Risk areas that clients or auditors will flag

Prioritized recommendations

Executive-ready reporting for leadership teams

Roadmap & business case.

Once the risks are clear, we build a practical modernization roadmap. If migration doesn’t make business sense, we’ll tell you early.

Together, we define.

Which workloads should migrate

Which systems can remain unchanged

The target cloud architecture

Timeline, costs, and operational impact

Expected ROI and compliance benefits

Close the gaps.

We work alongside your internal teams to implement the changes. Each phase delivers measurable progress while your existing environment continues operating.

By the end, your infrastructure is not only operationally efficient but also aligned with modern EU sovereignty and compliance expectations.

This can include.

Workload migration

Sovereign cloud adoption

Provider diversification

Data residency controls

Access governance improvements

Compliance and audit preparation

What you get.

Better positioning in enterprise procurement

Lower vendor lock-in risk

Reduced GDPR and compliance exposure

Stronger client trust

Improved audit readiness

Clear cloud governance strategy

Actionable modernization roadmap

Ready to talk through it?

Most companies we talk to aren’t sure whether sovereignty is actually costing them deals or just creating background noise. That’s exactly what we help you figure out. One conversation. No preparation needed. Walk us through your setup, and we’ll tell you what we think is standing in the way.

Book a 30-min call

WHO WE ARE

We are a Berlin-based software engineering company with 100+ engineers and 15 years of experience delivering complex digital projects for mid-market companies across the Netherlands, the UK, Scandinavia, and beyond.

Our engineering teams operate across Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Portugal.

For 15 years, we’ve worked with the systems companies that now need to modernize, including their cloud infrastructure. We understand where operational, compliance, and sovereignty gaps appear and how to close them pragmatically.

We provide both end-to-end modernization projects and dedicated engineering teams, depending on your organization’s needs.