Digital Sovereignty and EU Data Control
Your data stays in Europe
Your business data resides with US cloud providers whose legal framework you can't control? Krafteq builds EU-only infrastructure that is GDPR-compliant and reliably keeps your data in Europe. With experienced engineers who understand sovereignty not as a marketing label, but implement it as a technical architecture decision.
Proven: legacy ERP of a manufacturing company (150 employees) successfully migrated to EU cloud — 35% lower infrastructure costs, complete GDPR compliance.
ChallengesWhy US cloud dependency is a strategic risk
Many companies use AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud without fully understanding the legal consequences. At the same time, the regulatory landscape in the EU is tightening continuously. The pressure to act for companies with sensitive data is growing.
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The US CLOUD Act undermines your data control
US authorities can access data of US companies — regardless of where it's stored. Even data residency in Frankfurt doesn't protect you if the provider is subject to US law. This creates a latent compliance risk.
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Schrems II ruling creates legal uncertainty
The Schrems II ruling invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements. Despite the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, the legal situation remains unstable. Any new court decision could make your data strategy obsolete overnight.
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GDPR enforcement is intensifying dramatically
German data protection authorities have imposed fines exceeding 1.5 billion euros since 2018. US SaaS tools like Salesforce, Google Workspace, and Microsoft 365 are under constant compliance scrutiny. A violation can be existentially threatening.
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Customer contracts require EU data processing
More and more customers and partners contractually require EU-only data processing. Without sovereign infrastructure, you lose contracts to competitors who can meet this requirement.
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Vendor lock-in with US hyperscalers
68% of German IT decision-makers prefer EU-based cloud providers for sensitive data. Yet many remain with US providers because switching appears complex. The longer the dependency lasts, the more difficult and expensive the migration becomes.
Our ApproachHow you achieve true data sovereignty — technically and legally
Krafteq understands digital sovereignty as an architecture principle, not a marketing promise. Our senior engineers design and implement infrastructures operated entirely within the EU. We combine EU-based cloud providers with open-source technologies and systematically avoid dependencies on US-controlled services.
We rely on EU-based providers like Hetzner, OVHcloud, and IONOS. Your data is subject exclusively to European law. Data protection is not an afterthought but part of the architecture — encryption, access control with Keycloak, audit trails, and data residency guarantees are integrated from day 1.
Kubernetes, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana, and ArgoCD are vendor-neutral. You retain full control over your platform and can switch providers at any time. We migrate step by step: first the most sensitive workloads, then the rest of the infrastructure — live operations are never interrupted.
ProcessFour steps to sovereign infrastructure
Our approach follows a clear structure. Each step delivers standalone results, so you see progress at every point and can control the scope.
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Sovereignty Audit (Week 1-2)
We analyze your current infrastructure for dependencies on US-controlled services. We map all data flows, cloud services, and SaaS tools. You receive a risk assessment with concrete prioritization: which workloads must be migrated immediately, which can follow incrementally?
Dependency matrix, risk assessment, and prioritized migration roadmap
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Architecture Design for EU Infrastructure (Week 2-4)
Based on the audit, we design a target architecture with EU-based cloud providers. Kubernetes clusters on Hetzner or OVHcloud, Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, GitOps deployments with ArgoCD. Every component is evaluated for sovereignty, scalability, and cost.
Documented target architecture with EU provider selection and cost comparison
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Migration and Implementation (Week 4-12)
We migrate your workloads incrementally to the new EU infrastructure. Our engineers work directly with your team in pair working. Observability with Prometheus and Grafana is built in parallel so you can fully monitor the new environment from the start.
Live production on EU infrastructure with complete observability
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Hardening and Handover (Week 10-14)
We harden the platform: network policies, secrets management with HashiCorp Vault, container scanning, and SBOM generation. Your team takes over operations gradually, supported by documentation and runbooks.
Hardened, sovereign platform under your team's full control
ServicesWhat our sovereignty solution covers
Digital sovereignty spans infrastructure, architecture, operations, and compliance equally. That's why we deliver a holistic service package covering all layers.
EU Cloud Infrastructure
Deployment on Hetzner, OVHcloud, IONOS, Exoscale, or Scaleway. Kubernetes clusters with complete EU data residency. No data transfer outside the EU — guaranteed by architecture, not by contracts.
Infrastructure as Code with Open Source
Terraform and Pulumi for versioned, reproducible infrastructure. No proprietary CloudFormation templates that lock you to a provider. Every configuration is portable and vendor-neutral.
GDPR-Compliant Security Architecture
Encryption at-rest and in-transit. Identity management with Keycloak instead of Azure AD. Secrets management with HashiCorp Vault. Audit trails for demonstrable compliance during data protection audits.
Observability and Monitoring
Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and OpenTelemetry as a complete observability stack. No dependency on Datadog, New Relic, or other US-based SaaS monitoring services.
GitOps and Automated Deployments
ArgoCD for declarative, git-based deployments on Kubernetes. Every change is traceable, reproducible, and auditable. Automatic drift detection ensures your infrastructure matches its defined state.
Container Security and Compliance
Container scanning with Trivy, SBOM generation for the EU Cyber Resilience Act, and Pod Security Standards for Kubernetes. Security is integrated into the pipeline, not bolted on afterward.
Cost Optimization on EU Providers
EU cloud providers like Hetzner often offer better price-performance than US hyperscalers. We right-size your infrastructure and avoid over-provisioning. The result: sovereignty without extra costs, often even with savings.
Knowledge Transfer and Documentation
Pair working, workshops, and complete technical documentation. Your team learns to operate and evolve the sovereign platform independently. No permanent dependency on Krafteq.
ResultsProven results from our sovereignty projects
Digital Sovereignty and EU Data Control — let's tackle it
Let us discuss how we can solve this challenge for your organization.
“Digital sovereignty is not a political buzzword. It's an architecture decision. We help companies implement this decision with technical precision — with EU infrastructure, open source, and without compromises on performance or cost.”
