Exoscale

Exoscale is a Swiss-operated European cloud offering compute, Kubernetes, GPUs, and managed databases as a straightforward alternative to US hyperscalers. It targets developers and engineering teams that want predictable pricing, strong data residency, and a clean API without the complexity of AWS or GCP.

The platform provides SSD-backed compute instances, managed Kubernetes clusters that launch in roughly 120 seconds, NVIDIA GPU servers with direct passthrough, DBaaS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, Apache Kafka, OpenSearch, and Valkey, plus S3-compatible object storage and NVME block storage. Everything is controlled through a unified API, CLI, and Terraform provider.

Key benefits:

• Managed Kubernetes production clusters ready in about 120 seconds
• NVIDIA GPUs dedicated AI inference and training hardware
• Managed databases PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, OpenSearch, and Valkey
• S3-compatible storage multi-redundancy object and block storage
• Data residency workloads pinned to chosen European country

Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, Exoscale operates datacenters in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria, and Croatia, with data residency guarantees keeping workloads inside the chosen country. The platform is certified to ISO 27001 and ISO 27018, is a Cloud Security Alliance member, and complies with GDPR for all European customers.

For European developers and enterprises seeking a sovereign, no-nonsense cloud with a Swiss operator and transparent pricing, Exoscale delivers a serious regional alternative to the US hyperscalers.