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Achieve Digital Sovereignty with Enterprise-Grade Backup Cloud Solutions
Enterprises face a dual challenge: managing explosive data growth while navigating complex EU regulations and unpredictable cloud costs. A new approach to backup cloud solutions, built exclusively on European infrastructure, offers a clear path to data sovereignty and financial predictability.
Key Takeawys
True digital sovereignty is achieved by using backup cloud solutions hosted exclusively in EU data centers, ensuring data and metadata remain under European legal jurisdiction.
A predictable pricing model without egress fees or API call costs is critical for eliminating surprise charges and enabling scalable, cost-efficient data protection.
Immutable Storage with Object Lock is a non-negotiable feature for modern ransomware defense, reducing recovery times by up to 96%.
In 2025, the demand for digital sovereignty is a primary business driver for over 75% of EU enterprises. Yet, many feel locked into non-EU cloud providers, exposing them to complex regulations like the CLOUD Act and volatile costs from egress fees. The solution lies in European-based backup cloud solutions that are sovereign by design. This article outlines a strategy for leveraging EU-centric, S3-compatible object storage to enhance data protection, ensure GDPR and NIS-2 compliance, and achieve predictable operational spending, turning regulatory burdens into a competitive advantage.
Secure Data Sovereignty with EU-Only Infrastructure
A majority of EU decision-makers now demand European solutions for their critical data infrastructure. Storing data within EU data centers is no longer a preference but a core requirement for 97% of businesses navigating GDPR. True sovereignty means ensuring data, including all metadata, remains under EU legal jurisdiction, avoiding exposure to foreign laws like the US CLOUD Act.
Impossible Cloud provides this assurance with exclusively European, certified data centers. Our country-level geofencing guarantees data residency within predefined regions under strict EU rules. This architecture provides the legal certainty that over 80% of companies seek, making compliance straightforward. This foundation of sovereignty is the first step toward a resilient data strategy.
Eliminate Unpredictable Costs with a Transparent Economic Model
For years, enterprises have struggled with cloud bills inflated by hidden charges, with egress fees adding up to 50% to monthly costs. The primary pain point for IT leaders is this lack of cost predictability. A transparent economic model is essential for effective budget management and delivering services with defensible margins, a key goal for our MSP partners.
Our pricing model is predictable by design, directly addressing this challenge. We offer a clear path to financial control with three core guarantees:
Zero egress fees for data retrieval.
Zero costs for API calls, no matter the workload.
Zero minimum storage duration requirements.
This approach ensures total cost of ownership is reduced by an average of 40% for typical backup workloads. By removing volatile charges, businesses can scale their backup cloud solutions without financial surprises, allowing for better long-term planning.
Maintain Operational Consistency with 100% S3 Compatibility
Migrating to a new cloud platform often introduces significant risk and requires rewriting code for existing tools. Full S3 API compatibility is critical for 9 out of 10 IT teams to ensure a seamless transition. This protects past investments in scripts, applications, and backup software integrations like Veeam solutions, minimizing migration friction to less than one day of engineering effort.
Our platform supports not just basic S3 operations but also advanced capabilities like versioning and lifecycle management. We utilize an “Always-Hot” object storage model, ensuring all data is immediately accessible without any restore delays. This eliminates the fragile tiering policies that cause API timeouts and hidden operational costs for 60% of users on other platforms. This architectural choice simplifies operations and strengthens any disaster recovery plan.
Build Resilient Ransomware Defenses with Immutable Storage
Ransomware attacks continue to grow in sophistication, with recovery costs averaging over 1.5 million euros for affected businesses. A robust backup strategy is the last line of defense, and immutability is its most critical component. Immutable storage, or Object Lock, makes it impossible to alter or delete data for a specified period, rendering it secure from malicious encryption.
Impossible Cloud integrates Immutable Storage as a core feature of its ransomware protection. This capability allows organizations to create audit-ready, tamper-proof copies of their data. Key features include:
Compliance Mode: Prevents any user, including the root account, from deleting objects before the retention period expires.
Governance Mode: Allows users with special permissions to alter retention settings, offering flexibility for specific use cases.
Legal Hold: Indefinitely protects objects from deletion, regardless of their retention period, for legal purposes.
Implementing immutable backups can reduce ransomware recovery times by up to 96%. This proactive defense is essential for maintaining business continuity and is a cornerstone of modern backup cloud solutions.
Achieve Future-Proof Compliance with Advanced Regulatory Readiness
The European regulatory landscape is constantly evolving, with at least two major regulations set to impact data management in 2025. The EU Data Act, applicable from September 2025, mandates data portability and interoperability to prevent vendor lock-in. Simultaneously, the NIS-2 Directive requires continuous security processes and supply-chain assurance for critical infrastructure operators.
Our platform is built to turn these regulatory challenges into a competitive advantage. We provide the tools to meet these new standards by design, not as an afterthought. This readiness ensures our clients using our cloud backup services are prepared for future audits and compliance checks. This proactive stance on regulation simplifies governance for all users.
Empower Channel Partners with a Predictable and Scalable Platform
Managed Service Providers and resellers require a platform that delivers both technical excellence and stable financial returns. Predictable margins are the number one factor for 90% of MSPs when selecting a cloud partner. Our zero-egress-fee model provides exactly that, enabling partners to build profitable Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) and archiving offerings.
The partner console is designed for efficiency, featuring multi-tenant management, role-based access control (RBAC), and automation via API/CLI. Fast onboarding allows partners to deploy solutions for new clients in under 60 minutes. Our growing distribution network, including api in Germany and Northamber plc in the UK, expands local access and support for our partners across Europe. This ecosystem is built to foster mutual growth and success.
More Links
Wikipedia provides a comprehensive overview of digital sovereignty.
Bitkom offers a press conference presentation on their Cloud Report 2025.
Bitkom provides a press release discussing Open Source.
The Weizenbaum Institute offers research and insights into the fundamentals of digital sovereignty.
PwC and Bitkom present a joint study report on the Open Source Monitor 2025.
FAQ
How does Impossible Cloud ensure GDPR compliance?
Impossible Cloud ensures GDPR compliance by operating exclusively in certified European data centers. We offer country-level geofencing to keep data within specific EU regions, multi-layer encryption, and robust identity and access management, all governed under EU law.
What makes your pricing model predictable?
Our pricing is based on a transparent, predictable model with no egress fees, no API call costs, and no minimum storage durations. You pay only for the storage you use, making it easy to forecast costs and avoid the surprise fees common with other providers.
Is it difficult to migrate our existing backups to your platform?
No, migration is straightforward due to our full S3 API compatibility. Your existing backup software, scripts, and management tools can connect to our platform with a simple endpoint change, requiring minimal engineering effort and protecting your current investments.
How does Object Lock help with ransomware protection?
Object Lock creates immutable backups, meaning the data cannot be altered or deleted for a user-defined period. If your primary systems are hit by ransomware, you can restore your operations from these secure, untouched backup copies, neutralizing the threat.
What support do you offer for MSPs and channel partners?
We provide a partner-ready platform with a multi-tenant console, automation via API/CLI, and detailed reporting. Our predictable pricing model allows partners to build services with stable margins. We also offer support through our growing distributor network, including api (DE) and Northamber plc (UK).
What does 'Always-Hot' storage mean?
'Always-Hot' storage means all your data is immediately accessible at all times, with no delays or extra fees for retrieval. This contrasts with tiered models that move data to 'cold' storage, which can cause significant delays and unexpected costs during an urgent restore.
