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German sovereign cloud hyperscaler operated by Schwarz Digits (Lidl/Kaufland parent) — DSGVO, ES³, and DORA-certified, used by FC Bayern, Aleph Alpha, and ServiceNow.
European cloud & hosting alternative based in Germany.
STACKIT is a European hyperscaler operated by Schwarz Digits, the IT division of Germany's Schwarz Group (parent of Lidl and Kaufland — one of Europe's largest retail conglomerates). Marketed as "100% European DNA," STACKIT is one of the most serious answers to AWS, Azure, and GCP for European enterprises that need a sovereign cloud at hyperscale.
STACKIT runs across four operational data centres plus one in development, all in Germany, and is certified for DSGVO (GDPR), ES³ (digital independence measurement), and DORA (financial services regulation). Public references include Lidl, Kaufland, FC Bayern Munich, VfB Stuttgart, ServiceNow, and Aleph Alpha.
Key features:
- European hyperscaler — enterprise-scale infrastructure with 100% European ownership
- Compute and storage — VMs, object and block storage, managed databases
- Managed Kubernetes — production-grade container orchestration
- AI & data services — data platforms and AI infrastructure (including Aleph Alpha partnership)
- Networking and security — full stack under European control
- Geographic redundancy — 4 operational German data centres + 1 upcoming
- DORA-compliant — suitable for financial services under EU regulation
- ES³ certified — third-party measurement of digital independence
- DSGVO/GDPR-native — designed for European compliance from the ground up
- 24/7 support with integration consulting
The strongest German answer to AWS and Azure for enterprises in regulated industries — banking, insurance, retail, and public sector — that need both hyperscale capacity and genuine data sovereignty.
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