Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud
Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud enables commercial and public sector organizations to place sensitive data and applications in the cloud—in alignment with EU data privacy and sovereignty requirements.
What's new in Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud
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Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud at a glance
Learn why organizations across Europe rely on Oracle’s sovereign cloud for end-to-end data residency, advanced security, and flexible deployment options.
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Why Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud?
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Contractual framework aligned with EU rules and EU corporate governance
EU-based corporate framework and contractual safeguards aligned with European data protection and sovereignty requirements.
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Data movement transparency
Full visibility and control over where your data resides and moves—data stays within the EU under your authority.
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Operational independence and accountability
Clear governance, EU-based operations, and resilient architecture designed for continuity and accountability.
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Open architecture, full OCI capabilities
Open, standards-based architecture with full Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) capabilities and the same pricing as Oracle’s public cloud, enabling portability, flexibility, and long-term strategic choice.
Sovereign by design
Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud is built on a comprehensive framework of organizational, technical, and contractual controls designed to deliver legal clarity, operational independence, and data protection within the European Union.
Organizational controls
Operated within the EU by dedicated EU legal entities
EU Sovereign Cloud regions are operated by EU-incorporated legal entities established by Oracle that own the hardware and data center leases and deliver operations and customer support under EU-specific governance policies.
EU-resident operations and support—kept separate from global cloud operations
The EU Sovereign Cloud realm enables Oracle to restrict physical and logical access and limit day to day cloud operations and support to EU-resident personnel. These personnel are employed by dedicated EU legal entities and use processes separated from Oracle’s global cloud operations.
Strong segregation reduces operational risk
The EU Sovereign Cloud realm is designed to be physically and logically separated from all other Oracle Cloud regions. This helps enforce EU containment by design and reduces reliance on complex customer-managed residency controls, simplifying deployment and ongoing operations.
Governance and assurance aligned with EU requirements
EU legal entities are supported by a governance committee to maintain integrity and alignment with evolving EU regulations. EU Sovereign Cloud is audited against leading global assurance frameworks and aligns with key EU and regional requirements, including GDPR, C5, IT Grundschutz, AgID, the EU Cloud Code of Conduct, EBA guidance, and Schrems II and EDPB guidance, with the scope evolving based on customer demand and new legislation.
Technical controls
Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud is built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, a second generation cloud designed to address the structural limitations of earlier hyperscale platforms. Its architecture is grounded in isolated realms, delivering strong technical sovereignty through physical, logical, and cryptographic separation—a key reason Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud leads the market with advanced sovereignty capabilities. Its proven technical controls include the following:
Sovereign realm isolation by design
Each EU Sovereign Cloud region is deployed as a separate realm, maintaining segregation from other Oracle Cloud regions. Access to deploy, operate, and secure the environment is granted exclusively to teams employed by EU Sovereign Cloud entities, with EU data residency intrinsic to the platform.
Full stack security and compliance alignment
A comprehensive suite of cybersecurity services is available within the sovereign realm, providing configurable controls to support auditability and compliance needs. Enhanced encryption and key management options further strengthen data protection and confidentiality.
EU localized resilience and business continuity
Disaster recovery capabilities are designed to keep resilience within the EU Sovereign Cloud realm. Each region is built with three fault domains to distribute hardware and reduce disruption risk, improving reliability and supporting continuity for critical workloads.
Contractual controls
EU Sovereign Cloud is supported by specific agreements, such as the Cloud Services Agreement, EU Sovereign Cloud data processing agreement, the service description, and a dedicated addendum to the service pillar document. The contracts outline responsibilities for handling personal information, third-party subprocessors, confidentiality, and security measures. The contracts are designed to help address the requirement that your content will not leave the selected EU Sovereign Cloud region(s) without your authorization or instruction and aim to reduce the risk of unauthorized access by entities or individuals outside the EU Sovereign Cloud organizations.
Services and capabilities of Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud
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More than 200 OCI services
Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud provides more than 200 OCI services, aligned with what’s available in Oracle's public commercial regions, so organizations can run workloads the same way while addressing their digital sovereignty needs.
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Oracle Cloud Applications
Customers can leverage a complete EU sovereign stack for Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications. For more information, read the EU Sovereign Cloud for Fusion Applications datasheet.
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Same pricing as Oracle’s public commercial regions
Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud offers the same pricing as Oracle’s public commercial regions. Customers can also apply existing agreements, including Oracle Universal Credits and Oracle Support Rewards, from other Oracle Cloud regions.
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Same financially backed SLAs
Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud offers the same financially backed service level agreements (SLAs) as Oracle’s public commercial regions. Mission-critical environments require more than availability alone, so Oracle’s commitments extend to performance and manageability, including the ability to monitor, manage, and make changes to resources when needed. Oracle provides end-to-end SLAs across services to help customers run and operate critical workloads with predictable outcomes.
Customer successes with EU Sovereign Cloud
Since 2023, Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud supports more than 150 public and private sector customers and has delivered sovereign services across more than 90% of EU countries since launch.
