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AWS European Sovereign Cloud

Managed, operated, and secured in the EU

An independent cloud for Europe

The AWS European Sovereign Cloud is a new, independent cloud for Europe entirely located within the European Union (EU), designed to help customers meet their evolving sovereignty requirements. Built in Europe for Europe, it is the only fully-featured, independently operated sovereign cloud backed by strong technical controls, sovereign assurances, and legal protections.

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Meet EU sovereignty standards with validated compliance

Robust controls & independent certifications help you meet data residency & operational autonomy requirements for sensitive workloads. 

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AWS European Sovereign Cloud turns sovereignty from a constraint into an enabler. It fundamentally changes what’s possible in healthcare.

Matthias Moeller

Chief Executive Officer, Arvato Systems
Being based in Brandenburg, AWS European Sovereign Cloud strengthens trust and supports a regional ecosystem connecting hospitals, research institutions, universities, and partners while maintaining full legal, ethical, and academic accountability.

Martin Peuker

Chief Digital Officer, Medical University of Lausitz-Carl Thiem (MUL)
AWS European Sovereign Cloud helps us tackle multi-country compliance and positions Dedalus to scale across Europe, including in markets where cloud adoption has lagged. Using AWS European Sovereign Cloud allows Dedalus to connect systems and data safely across the care continuum while fully respecting national sovereignty and local requirements.

Andrea Fiumicelli

Member of the Board, Dedalus

Frequently Asked Questions

Key questions about the AWS European Sovereign Cloud

    The AWS European Sovereign Cloud is an independent cloud for Europe, designed to help public sector organisations and customers in highly regulated industries meet their evolving sovereignty needs. The AWS European Sovereign Cloud is the only fully-featured, independently operated sovereign cloud, backed by strong technical controls, sovereign assurances and legal protections. We’ve designed the AWS European Sovereign Cloud to be separate and independent from our existing AWS Regions, with infrastructure located wholly within the European Union (EU), with the same security, availability and performance that our customers get from existing AWS Regions today. As with all current Regions, customers using the AWS European Sovereign Cloud will benefit from the full power of AWS with the same familiar architecture, expansive service portfolio and APIs that millions of customers use today.

    To deliver enhanced operational autonomy and resilience within the EU, only personnel who are EU residents, located in the EU, have control of day-to-day operations, including access to the data centres, technical support and customer service of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. We are gradually transitioning the AWS European Sovereign Cloud to be operated exclusively by EU citizens located in the EU. During this transition period we will continue to work with a blended team of EU residents and EU citizens located in the EU.  

    The first AWS Region of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud is located in the State of Brandenburg, Germany. We have also announced plans to extend the AWS European Sovereign Cloud footprint from Germany across the EU to support stringent isolation, in-country data residency, and low latency requirements. This will start with new AWS Local Zones located in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Portugal.

    The AWS European Sovereign Cloud infrastructure is entirely located within the EU, physically and logically separate from other AWS Regions, and operates as an independent cloud for Europe. AWS is committed to independent and continuous operations; the AWS European Sovereign Cloud has no critical dependencies on non-EU infrastructure.

    In addition to independent infrastructure, there is zero operational access outside of EU borders, providing operational autonomy and enhanced data residency. The AWS European Sovereign Cloud is operated entirely by EU residents, located in the EU. We are gradually transitioning the AWS European Sovereign Cloud to be operated exclusively by EU citizens located in the EU. Only AWS employees, residing in the EU, will control day-to-day operations, including access to data centres, technical support and customer service for the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.

    The AWS European Sovereign Cloud is a fully-featured cloud offering the expansive service portfolio and capabilities that customers use across AWS today. When launching a new AWS Region, we start with core services needed to support critical workloads and applications, then continue to expand based on customer and partner demand.

    Visit AWS Capabilities by Region for the complete list of available services in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud and our services roadmap.
     

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