STACKIT Compute Engine
Cloud Computing Germany
Sovereign German cloud compute instances with EU data residency. Alternative to Amazon EC2.
Details
STACKIT Compute Engine is the virtual machine offering from Schwarz Digits’ sovereign cloud, with workloads running exclusively in German data centres. The platform sits alongside STACKIT Object Storage, Managed Kubernetes, and managed databases.
Buyers evaluate it on data-residency guarantees, SecNumCloud/SEAL-3 sovereignty rating, instance breadth, and how it compares to Hetzner or OVHcloud for German-regulated workloads — including in EU public-sector procurement, where STACKIT was selected as a 2026 winner.
About STACKIT
STACKIT is a German cloud provider operated by Schwarz Digits, the technology arm of the Schwarz Group (Lidl, Kaufland), Europe’s largest retailer. The legal entity is Schwarz Digits Cloud GmbH & Co. KG, headquartered in Heilbronn, Germany.
The product covers compute, storage, networking, managed Kubernetes, and managed databases, with data residency exclusively in Germany. In April 2026 STACKIT was selected — alongside Scaleway, Post Telecom, and Proximus — as a winner of the European Commission’s €180M sovereign cloud procurement, with the SEAL-3 sovereignty rating. The Schwarz Group is fully owned by the Dieter Schwarz Foundation.
