Cloud strategy and decision support
We help assess options on security, data residency, costs, integration and operational impact.
Sovereign EU cloud & management
Sovereign cloud: European cloud with demonstrable control
The cloud brings speed and flexibility. But for many organisations, control, compliance, data residency and dependencies are becoming at least as important.
dotNET lab designs, implements and manages sovereign cloud environments, with attention to the European context, security, governance and operational reliability.
The core of cloud control
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Data residency
You know where data lives, who has access and which dependencies are relevant.
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Identity and access
Access, roles and policies tightly arranged, from landing zone to daily use.
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Governance and FinOps
Costs, permissions and resources transparent and trackable, for audits too.
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Manageable architecture
A cloud foundation that gives direction and still leaves room for projects.
Why a European cloud
Speed without losing control
A sovereign cloud is a cloud environment in which data, access and management demonstrably fall under European control and law: you decide where data lives, who can reach it and who manages the environment.
We set up your cloud so you stay fast, with a grip on data, access, costs and management.
The risks of US public cloud
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Vendor lock-in
The deeper you sit in one platform, the more expensive switching becomes.
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CLOUD Act
US authorities can demand access to your data, even when it sits in a European data centre.
Recognisable situations
When cloud control becomes important
A European cloud is most relevant when technical flexibility has to go together with demonstrable control.
You have to be able to explain data residency
You want to know clearly where data lives, who has access and which dependencies are relevant.
Compliance asks for stronger governance
Regulation, client requirements or internal audits ask for more structure around cloud use.
Cloud costs and permissions grow too fast
Without a clear setup, costs, roles and resources become hard to track.
You want to migrate without chaos
A migration takes choices around architecture, security, phasing and management before workloads move.
You want to depend less on loose choices
Teams need a cloud foundation that gives direction and still leaves room for projects.
For many organisations this is no longer a choice: NIS2 has been in force in Belgium since 18 October 2024 and obliges essential and important organisations to demonstrable risk management, incident reporting and control over their suppliers, cloud included. How we make you NIS2 and ISO 27001 ready
What we do
From cloud strategy to managed operations
You can step in at any point, depending on where your organisation stands today.
Cloud foundations
We design landing zones, identity, network, policies, logging and management structures.
Migration guidance
We phase workloads, limit risks and make sure operations and security are ready alongside.
Governance and FinOps
We make costs, permissions, resources and responsibilities transparent and trackable.
Optimisation and management
We improve existing cloud environments on performance, security, costs and reliability.
We do not only design the architecture, we also deliver and manage the foundation. Choose what fits your workload:
European partner
Managed cloud via UpCloud
- ISO 27001-certified European data centres, including Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Helsinki
- Scalable private or hybrid cloud infrastructure
- You remain the owner of your data
Hosted and managed by us
VPS under our management
- Virtual servers fully under our management
- Patched, monitored and secured by our experts
- No dependency on US public cloud
Behind both options: a team that has been building software and infrastructure for 25+ years, with 40+ in-house experts in .NET, cloud and security.
Under the bonnet
Cloud that stays reliable and governable
A good cloud environment is more than a collection of resources. These are the eight points we guard from day one.
The cloud foundation
- data residency and compliance
- identity and access management
- landing zones and policies
- network and segmentation
- logging and monitoring
- cost control
- automation where it makes sense
- clear management agreements
How we work
Not everything needs to sit behind a vault door
Heavy security where it must, light where it can. So we first determine what really needs protecting, and adapt architecture, security and management to that.
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We understand the context
We map workloads, data, users, risks, obligations and existing cloud choices.
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We make control requirements concrete
Together we determine what data residency, sovereignty, compliance and governance mean in practice.
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We design the cloud foundation
We translate choices into architecture, identity, policies, monitoring, security and management.
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We implement in phases
We build or improve the environment step by step, with attention to continuity.
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We take care of handover
Teams get documentation, agreements and follow-up routines so the cloud environment stays manageable.
Control
Sovereignty starts with design choices
Control is not a box you tick afterwards. It sits in your design choices:
- Provider and region
- Identity and encryption
- Operational management
- Exit without vendor lock-in
- Switching rights under the EU Data Act (since September 2025)
Security
Security and governance from day one
Security works in the foundation, not as repair work afterwards:
- Identity and access
- Policies and logging
- Secure deployment processes
- Demonstrable for audits
Who it is for
For organisations that want to use the cloud with a grip
Sovereign EU cloud & management is relevant for organisations with sensitive data, compliance obligations or critical digital processes.
That can be SMEs, public institutions, healthcare organisations, scale-ups or larger companies.
The question is not only where the cloud runs. The question is whether you can explain how data, access, costs and management stay under control.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is a sovereign cloud?
A sovereign cloud is a cloud environment in which data, access and operational management demonstrably fall under European control and law. That goes further than hosting in a European data centre: who can technically and legally reach your data, which foreign legislation applies and who manages the environment also determine how sovereign your cloud really is.
Is sovereign cloud the same as just European hosting?
No. Data residency matters, but sovereignty is also about access, management, dependencies, governance and demonstrable control.
What is the difference between a sovereign cloud and a private cloud?
A private cloud describes the form: infrastructure that runs exclusively for your organisation. A sovereign cloud describes the control: who can legally and operationally reach your data. A private cloud at a US provider is therefore not automatically sovereign. In practice we combine both: private or hybrid cloud infrastructure under European management.
What does the US CLOUD Act mean for our data?
The CLOUD Act obliges US cloud providers to hand over data to US authorities when asked, even when that data sits in a European data centre. For sensitive workloads, a European provider or infrastructure under your own management removes that exposure.
Do we have to change cloud provider completely?
Not necessarily. Sometimes a better setup of existing environments is enough. Sometimes another provider, a private cloud or a hybrid cloud makes sense.
Do you also help with existing cloud environments?
Yes. We can analyse, improve and better structure existing environments around security, costs and management.
Do you look at costs?
Yes. Cost control and insight are an important part of cloud governance.