Leaseweb Sovereignty by Design
In today’s world, maintaining control over personal and business data is more important than ever. Data sovereignty ensures that data is processed and stored under local applicable laws, meaning all data protection local laws where Leaseweb provides its sovereign services from its local datacenters.
Leaseweb Sovereignty by Design is the heart of our Services.
Benefits of Cloud Sovereignty
Why Choose Leaseweb
Leaseweb is a trusted European headquartered global cloud provider, founded in the Netherlands in 1997. Today, Leaseweb operates locally on a global scale through a network of local sovereign sales entities, each governed by its own local jurisdiction and data protection laws. Whether you're in Canada, Japan, the US, Germany, or Singapore, our services remain compliant with local regulations in addition to adhering to the high-end principles of European data protection based on Leaseweb’s European headquarters.
Leaseweb offers services through its various Leaseweb Sales Entities, which are Leaseweb Netherlands B.V., Leaseweb USA, Inc., and Leaseweb Singapore PTE. LTD, Leaseweb Deutschland GmbH, Leaseweb Australia Ltd., Leaseweb UK Ltd, Leaseweb Japan K.K., Leaseweb Hong Kong LTD, and Leaseweb Canada Inc.
Leaseweb allows you to store data within your region, governed by local laws. While we apply the principles of GDPR wherever possible, local legal frameworks, such as in Canada, Singapore, the US, Australia, or Japan, determine the actual compliance requirements.
Sovereignty isn’t just about geography. It’s about customer control, compliance, and organizational clarity, delivered through our local Leaseweb Sales Entities with local management.
Operational Sovereignty: Leaseweb gives you control with locally based infrastructure and locally managed operations by residential staff. For your infrastructure's operation and data availability 'keeping things running' is paramount.
Economic Sovereignty: With Leaseweb’s European headquarters and locally governed entities, your infrastructure stays protected by choosing Leaseweb Sovereignty by Design solutions, reducing your business exposure to harmful economic developments set outside of Europe as much as possible.
As part of the European Commission’s IPCEI-CIS initiative, Leaseweb is developing a European cloud alternative through the European Cloud campus, a project aimed at creating a European sovereign cloud environment. This initiative not only provides essential infrastructure and increases the cloud knowledge level across the EU but also offers customers prioritizing European data sovereignty a solution through Leaseweb's European services, while the European Cloud Campus itself delivers a compatible, cost-effective, and sovereign alternative to non-European hyperscalers.
Leaseweb is a proud member of the Dutch Cloud Community, Eurostack, and CISPE (Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe). These partnerships reflect our commitment to open, secure, and sovereign digital infrastructure across Europe. As part of CISPE’s Sovereignty Certification Framework (launched July 4, 2025), we reinforce our position as a provider that supports European values of data protection, transparency, and control.
In addition, Leaseweb aligns with the principles of the EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework, developed by the European Commission to define and evaluate sovereignty levels across European cloud services. This framework establishes a clear scoring system and criteria for assessing cloud providers’ sovereignty practices.
Why Organizations Rely on Leaseweb’s Sovereign Cloud
"Leaseweb’s commitment to security and compliance aligns perfectly with our mission at Microfix. Their robust solutions have been crucial in helping us maintain the highest standards of data protection."
Stéphane Auger, CTO, Équipe Microfix
Read full storySince partnering with Leaseweb, Enable U has scaled its platform to serve millions of messages, ensuring that governments can deliver their services in a secure and reliable way to their citizens, companies, and employees.
"Leaseweb’s infrastructure allows us the freedom to innovate, providing the flexibility and partnership we need to serve our government clients reliably."
Jascha Gregorowitsch, CTO, Enable U
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SecNumCloud: European Golden Standard for Sovereignty by Design
Leaseweb’s Sovereignty by Design is based on the standards of SecNumCloud, applying the principles of the European trusted cloud framework developed by the French National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI), as the high-end benchmark for sovereign cloud services.
At Leaseweb, we fully align with the principles of SecNumCloud for European based ultimate control, including:
Data localization and data residency Data operations only by local residents
Local -based management and legal control
Compliance with EU laws and GDPR
Law enforcement and Authorities subject to European law
EU-recognized cybersecurity certifications
Upcoming Sovereignty initiatives:
- CISPE (Cloud Infrastructure Providers Europe ) of which Leaseweb is a member, is developing its global Sovereignty label, and Leaseweb is looking forward to its adherence.
- EU Cloud Alliance of which Leaseweb is a member - is developing its European Sovereigny profiler, and Leaseweb is looking forward to its adherence.
