Geographic footprint & redundancy (regions/AZ/DCs in EU/DE)

Why important?

Operational reality check: number/separation of failure domains, geo redundancy and DR options within the EU/DE.

How measured?

• 0 = Single data center / no AZ redundancy
• 1 = 1 region, low redundancy
• 2 = 1 region with AZ/redundancy, but limited
• 3 = Multiple AZs or strong redundancy within the EU (single region)
• 4 = Multiple regions in the EU (cross-region redundancy possible)
• 5 = Multiple regions incl. EU/DE focus + high resilience (DR/failover) evidenced
• N/A = no reliable evidence

Sources / Evidence

• https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/opening-the-aws-european-sovereign-cloud/
• https://aws.eu/de/
• https://www.aboutamazon.fr/actualites/aws/7-8-milliards-euros-investis-par-aws-dans-le-cloud-souverain-europeen
• https://corporate.ovhcloud.com/en/newsroom/news/secnumcloud-qualification-bare-metal-pod/
• https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/network-services/cross-connect
• https://www.open-telekom-cloud.com/en/data-security-gdpr-cloud/data-centers
• https://www.oracle.com/europe/cloud/eu-sovereign-cloud/faq/
• https://www.plusserver.com/produkt/pluscloud-open/
• https://www.exoscale.com/datacenters/
• https://www.hetzner.com/de/european-cloud/
• https://www.scaleway.com/en/security-and-resilience/
• https://www.deloscloud.de/about-us/news.html
• https://news.microsoft.com/de-de/erste-souveraene-cloud-plattform-fuer-die-deutsche-verwaltung-auf-der-zielgeraden/
• https://www.plusserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/20251014_plusserver-ISO-27001-2022-Zertifikat-und-Statement-of-Applicability-SoA-DE.pdf

Validation questions (RFP)

• Is there a GA date, SLA, regions/failover in the EU? What migration paths & tooling exist?

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