AWS is launching the AWS European Sovereign Cloud in Germany, a platform tailored for European regulatory and data residency needs
Targeting the public sector and regulated industries, the European Sovereign Cloud will be distinct from current AWS data centres, yet maintain AWS's security, performance, and availability standards.
AWS staff based in the European Union will manage and oversee this specific region.
“For customers with enhanced data residency needs, the AWS European Sovereign Cloud will allow customers to keep all metadata they create (such as the roles, permissions, resource labels, and configurations they use to run AWS) in the EU, and will feature its own billing and usage metering systems,” the company said.
AWS collaborated with European regulators and cybersecurity agencies to develop the European Sovereign Cloud.
Max Peterson, VP of Sovereign Cloud at AWS, said: “With this new offering, customers and Partners across Europe will have more choice to achieve the operational independence they require, without compromising on the broadest and deepest cloud services that millions of customers already know and use today.”
Claudia Plattner, the Head of the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), praised the move, noting it eases compliance for European organisations.
“The development of a European AWS cloud will make it much easier for many public sector organizations and companies with high data security and data protection requirements to use AWS services,” said Plattner.
“We are aware of the innovative power of modern cloud services, and we want to help make them securely available for Germany and Europe.
