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Cloud that's right-sized, not over-engineered.

Your 'Frankfurt region' AWS account is still US-owned infrastructure — the CLOUD Act reaches it. Your bill compounds faster than your workloads. Nobody can rebuild the environment from scratch because it was clicked together in a web console. We quantify your actual CLOUD Act exposure, migrate to IaC-first architecture, and right-size spend. Typically production-ready in under 8 weeks.

Architect your EU cloud

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The European Commission's 2024 cloud strategy explicitly warns that hosting on US-hyperscaler infrastructure creates regulatory exposure under the CLOUD Act, even when servers are physically located in the EU.

The problem

Cloud costs grow but clarity doesn't. Migration was copy-paste. You're running three data warehouses across two providers and still can't answer basic questions about cost drivers or sovereignty.

Symptoms

  • "Frankfurt region" treated as EU-sovereign — it isn't under the CLOUD Act
  • Cloud bill growing 30%+ per quarter with no clear driver or accountability
  • Infrastructure clicked together in a web console — no code, no audit trail, no bus factor
  • Locked into one vendor with no exit strategy and rising egress fees
  • Multiple data warehouses, none of them the "source of truth"

Best fit for

  • You're on AWS/GCP in EU regions but worried about US legal reach
  • Cloud spend is growing without clear ownership or cost attribution
  • Infrastructure was built in a web console — no IaC, no audit trail
  • You want an exit strategy from vendor lock-in before it becomes urgent

Not ideal for

  • Pure lift-and-shift migrations with no architectural change
  • Companies with existing IaC, solid cost governance, and no sovereignty concerns
  • Single-application deployments that don't warrant an architecture review

Our approach

01

Assessment

Map your actual CLOUD Act exposure, current costs, and vendor lock-in risk. "Frankfurt region" ≠ sovereign — we quantify the gap.

02

Blueprint

IaC-first architecture design on the right provider (AWS EU, GCP EU, Hetzner, OVH). Cost-tagged and right-sized from day one.

03

IaC implementation

Everything in Terraform or Pulumi. Version-controlled, peer-reviewed, rebuildable from scratch in minutes. Zero console-clicking.

04

Migration

Move workloads with zero downtime. Data stays in EU at every step. Kill unused resources and optimize as you go.

Outcomes

≤30%

Cloud cost savings

<8 wk

Production-ready

100%

Infrastructure as Code

Mitigated

CLOUD Act risk

Technologies we use for cloud architecture

Production-tested tools and frameworks — not a wish list.

AWSGCPHetznerTerraformPulumiSnowflakeBigQuerydbtApache IcebergDockerKubernetes

What is cloud architecture consulting?

Cloud architecture consulting involves designing right-sized, EU-sovereign infrastructure on AWS, GCP, or Hetzner with infrastructure-as-code, cost optimization, and data residency compliance. We architect and migrate data platforms with IaC, cost controls, and CLOUD Act risk mitigation.

Frequently asked

Do you work with AWS, GCP, or both? +
Both. We're cloud-agnostic and choose based on your existing stack, team skills, and compliance requirements. For EU data residency, we often recommend Hetzner for non-cloud-native workloads.
How do you handle the CLOUD Act risk for EU companies? +
We design architectures that keep sensitive data on EU-sovereign infrastructure wherever possible. For workloads that need AWS/GCP, we use EU-only regions, encryption-at-rest with customer-managed keys, and contractual safeguards. We quantify your actual exposure and reduce it — we don't pretend the risk disappears entirely.
What does "production-ready in 8 weeks" actually mean? +
It means infrastructure deployed via IaC, monitoring in place, CI/CD running, documentation written, and your team trained. Not a sandbox — a system you'd trust on a Monday morning.

Ready to fix your data stack?

20 minutes. No slides. We'll tell you what we'd do, what it costs, and whether you actually need us.