What is Exoscale?
Exoscale is a European cloud infrastructure provider founded in 2011 and headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. Its service portfolio covers compute (virtual machines and GPU servers), managed Kubernetes, object and block storage, managed databases, and networking, billed by the second. It operates availability zones across Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria and Croatia, emphasizing European data residency. Exoscale is owned by Akenes SA and is part of the A1 Digital group, itself a subsidiary of A1 Telekom Austria Group.
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Sources checked 27 September 2026: official website, about page, documentation.
ExoscaleContainers & KubernetesSwiss/European cloud infrastructure: compute, Kubernetes, storage and databases
Key capabilities
- Compute: virtual machines and GPU instances.
- Containers: managed Kubernetes.
- Storage and data: object storage, block storage and managed database services, all billed by the second.
Where Exoscale fits
Confirm which specific zones (Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria, Croatia) meet the workload's data-residency requirements, and review support and SLA terms since Exoscale operates as a smaller regional alternative to the hyperscalers.
Positioning and limitations
Shortlist Exoscale for workloads that need European (Swiss, Austrian, German, Bulgarian or Croatian) data residency and per-second billed general-purpose cloud infrastructure, spanning compute, containers, storage and databases rather than a single narrow service.
European data-residency requirements are often the actual driver for choosing a provider like Exoscale over a US hyperscaler; confirm the specific zone and its certifications match the compliance requirement before committing.
“Swiss/European cloud infrastructure: compute, Kubernetes, storage and databases”
Technical details
- Access
- See vendor
- Source model
- Commercial
- License
- Commercial
- Founded
- 2011
- Headquarters
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- Pricing model
- Paid
- API
- Available
- Website
- www.exoscale.com ↗
What to verify
Start from the users, systems and operating responsibilities the tool needs to support.
- Confirm current features, licensing and support terms.
- Validate deployment, data location and access control.
- Test integrations, exports and recovery workflows.
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