Google Cloud Platform is the incumbent, but Telecom Italia Net offers a European alternative rooted in EU data laws and stronger digital sovereignty.
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Google Cloud Platform is a cloud computing service operated by Alphabet Inc., offering hosting, AI, and data analytics infrastructure. As a US company, it is subject to the CLOUD Act and US government data requests.
Google Cloud Platform ownership profileEU Challenger
Telecom Italia Net (TIN.it) is an Italian internet service provider and portal originally established as a subsidiary of Telecom Italia. It primarily provides web hosting, email, and digital content services to the Italian market.
Visit Telecom Italia NetTelecom Italia Net ownership profile| Metric | Google Cloud Platform | Telecom Italia Net |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, US | Milan, IT |
| Ownership | subsidiary · NASDAQ | public · BIT |
| Tax Domicile | US | IT |
| Ultimate Parent | Alphabet Inc. | Telecom Italia S.p.A. (TIM) |
| Data Hosting | mixed | IT |
| CLOUD Act Exposure | Yes ⚠️ | No ✓ |
| AI Trains on User Data | partial | — |
| GDPR | Fined €218M Multiple fines including 2019 French CNIL fine (50M EUR) and 2022 Irish DPC fine (210M EUR) regarding user tracking and consent. | Fined €28M 27800000 |
| DSA Designation | VLOP | — |
| Carbon Neutral | certified | false |
| B Corp | No | No |
| Supply Chain | partial | — |
| Repair / Recycling | No | No |
Last verified . Sources: Google Cloud Platform on Wikidata, Google Cloud Platform website, Telecom Italia Net on Wikidata, Telecom Italia Net website, How we audit.
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OVHcloud is Europe's largest cloud provider, headquartered in Roubaix, France. Founded and majority-owned by the Klaba family, it operates its own data centers across Europe with no CLOUD Act exposure. It is the leading European alternative to AWS for sovereign cloud infrastructure.
EU AllScaleway is a French cloud platform owned by Iliad Group (founded by Xavier Niel), offering compute, storage, and AI infrastructure. Operating entirely from European data centers, it is GDPR-compliant by design and a strong alternative to AWS and DigitalOcean.
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