Scaleway

Scaleway is a European cloud provider that combines sovereignty-focused positioning with relatively modern cloud capabilities, making it one of the more credible alternatives to US hyperscalers.

Strong EU sovereignty positioning Focus on data residency within France/EU Modern developer-focused stack Kubernetes (Kapsule), serverless, GPU instances → closer to hyperscaler capabilities than many EU alternatives Lower ecosystem lock-in than AWS/Azure/GCP Fewer deeply proprietary services Competitive pricing and simplicity Popular among startups and dev-focused teams Same architectural limitations as all cloud providers No zero-knowledge or provider-blind guarantees