AWS European Sovereign Cloud Migration

It’s a separate AWS cloud located fully in the EU, with its first region in Brandenburg, Germany. It’s operated by EU-based staff, and your data, accounts and billing information stay in the EU. AWS plans to add locations in Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal.

Frankfurt keeps your data in the EU, but your accounts, access and AWS operations are part of the global AWS system. In the sovereign cloud, all of that is separate and run inside the EU. If your contracts or regulators require EU-only operations, you need the sovereign cloud. If not, Frankfurt is often enough.

No. You need new accounts, new user access and a separate bill in euros. Your existing discounts (Savings Plans, Reserved Instances) don’t carry over either. We set up the new accounts and access so your team can log in with the same company credentials.

Not yet. The sovereign cloud started with around 90 services, while regular AWS regions have over 200. At launch, services like CloudFront and most of AWS’s own CI/CD tools were missing. We check your setup against the current list and find replacements where needed.

Companies whose customers, contracts or regulators require data and operations to stay in the EU. Typically: healthcare, finance, insurance, public sector suppliers, critical infrastructure, and SaaS companies selling to these industries.

It lowers the risk a lot, but not to zero. Operations, staff and data are in the EU, but the company is still owned by Amazon. For most regulated businesses this is enough. For rules that require EU ownership, like France’s SecNumCloud, it may not be. We’ll go through this with you honestly before you start.

A few applications usually take 2 to 6 weeks. A full platform takes a few months. We start with one small, low-risk system to test the setup, then move the rest in stages.

Usually not. We copy data in the background, keep it in sync, and switch systems one at a time. If a short maintenance window is needed, we plan it in advance and keep a way back ready.

Some will, some won’t. Every tool you use for monitoring, security or deployments must support the sovereign cloud and keep data in the EU. Otherwise your logs end up outside the EU. We check each tool and suggest replacements.

It depends on the size of your setup. You pay for the migration project, and for a short time both the old and new environments run in parallel. We give you a cost estimate for both the move and the monthly running cost before we start.

Architecture diagrams, security settings written as code, central audit logs stored inside the EU, and documentation that maps your setup to your requirements. AWS also provides its own sovereignty reports through AWS Artifact.

Book a call. We talk about your current setup, your requirements and your deadlines. Then we do a short review and give you a migration plan with a first system to move.