GDPR-Safe VPS — No US CLOUD Act Exposure
🏆 Our pick: Hetzner Cloud · 💰 Best value (dedicated): OVHcloud Eco (Kimsufi) · 🥈 Runner-up: OVHcloud
⚠ Class honesty: the editorial pick above is a fair-share (shared vCPU) plan — its specs are burst ceilings (“up to”), not guarantees. The dedicated value ranking below remains the primary guide for sustained workloads. Dedicated step-up for this workload: OVHcloud Eco (Kimsufi) at $11.65/mo (guaranteed cores).
US-owned clouds can be subpoenaed under the CLOUD Act regardless of datacenter. EU-native providers guarantee legal sovereignty.
Prices & hardware specs verified 2026-09-02
Start on dedicated — guaranteed cores for this workload (Top 4)
Our Recommendations
100% German/Finnish operation under EU law, green datacenters, €6–€11 ($7.00–$12.83 equivalent) for 2–4 vCPU.
Water-cooled French datacenters, sovereign anti-DDoS, dedicated server fallback.
German HQ plus Nuremberg/Munich sites with unmetered ports; EU-law company.
Key Takeaways
- EU subsidiaries of US hyperscalers remain CLOUD Act-compellable.
- Hetzner/OVH/Contabo operate exclusively under EU jurisdiction.
Gotchas
- Verify DPA (Data Processing Agreement) is signed and covers sub-processors.
- Both also run US regions — keep workloads on EU datacenters for the GDPR sovereignty benefit.
Test your own workload
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