Elastic Cloud Server

T CloudCompute

On-demand KVM virtual machines in T-Systems' EU data centres (Biere DE, Magdeburg DE, Amsterdam NL), with general-purpose, memory-optimised, compute-optimised, and GPU instance families, per-second billing, and integration with VPC and EVS block storage

Jurisdictional exposure

Provider HQ
EUBonn, Germany

Subject to GDPR, Data Act, DGA

Region locations
EEAEU3 regions across 2 jurisdictions
Sovereign option
Yes — 3 sovereign-flagged regions available

Attributes

SLA Uptime
99.95%
GPU Support
Yes

Sub-services (3)

General Purpose (s-series)

Balanced compute/memory ratio for typical workloads

Memory-Optimised (m-series)

High memory-to-CPU ratio for in-memory databases

GPU (p-series)

NVIDIA accelerated instances for AI / HPC

Compliance & Certifications

This service is attested for the following frameworks. Always verify with the provider before relying on a specific compliance posture.

Where this runs

3 regions
3 countries
3sovereign
Sovereign regions (3)
  • EU-DE - Biere / Magdeburg · BiereT Cloud Public Sovereign
  • EU-NL - Amsterdam · AmsterdamT Cloud Public Sovereign
  • EU-CH2 - Switzerland · ZurichT Cloud Public Sovereign (Swiss SKU)

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Pricing

Pricing model:per-second