Which European Cloud Providers Keep AI Training Data AND Compute Inside the EU?

Seven EU-incorporated providers—Scaleway, OVHcloud, IONOS Cloud, StackIT, Open Telekom Cloud, UpCloud, and Nebius—offer GPU compute for AI training or inference in EU data centres, although their capacity, GPU types, managed AI services, corporate structures, and prices differ. The discussion argues that genuine EU AI residency requires more than storing data in an EU region: training and inference execution, management control planes, telemetry, support access, encryption keys, and third-party API calls must also be assessed, since remote support and US-controlled operators may create cross-border transfer concerns. It distinguishes EU operators from Hetzner’s dedicated-server-only offering, Swiss-operated Exoscale, and Norway-based Nscale, while noting that US hyperscalers’ European regions provide geographic EU compute but may require sovereign or partner-operated options such as AWS European Sovereign Cloud, Delos Cloud, T-Systems Sovereign Cloud, or S3NS for stricter requirements. Recommended verification includes obtaining a sub-processor list, contractual EU region pinning, key-management details, policies on non-EU support access, and a written commitment that customer data will not train models, supported by technical controls and audit logs. Published pricing cited for late October 2026 suggests several EU providers offer lower H100 and egress costs than AWS or Azure, though hyperscalers may offset this with more mature managed services; a hybrid approach can use EU GPU specialists for training and a primary cloud’s EU region for production inference.

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