Exoscale is a Switzerland-founded cloud provider that operates exclusively within Europe, targeting developers and enterprises that require European data sovereignty. It offers on-demand compute instances (VMs), managed Kubernetes clusters, databases, AI/GPU servers, and S3-compatible storage. Notably, Exoscale runs its platform on open standards with “zero vendor lock-in,” and provides direct engineer support to customers. The company is part of the A1 Telekom Austria Group (over 30 million customers), has multiple European data centers, and highlights ISO-certified security. Use cases include container hosting, application workloads, and any scenario needing full data control under EU laws.