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Hosting / cloud · Reviewed 2026-09-11

The EU-Luxembourg contracting entity is a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. (US). CLOUD Act reach follows the ultimate parent — an EU subsidiary is not a jurisdictional firewall.

Contracting entity
Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL
Ultimate parent
Amazon.com, Inc. (US)
Hosting regions
us-east-1, us-west-2, eu-central-1, eu-west-1, eu-west-3, ap-southeast-1
Transfer mechanism
SCCs+TIA
Operational access from
US, EU

Rating by dimension

Entity control
Red — CLOUD Act exposure
Data location
Green — EU jurisdiction
Operational access
Amber — mitigations present
Subprocessor chain
Green — EU jurisdiction
Transfer mechanism
Amber — mitigations present

EU alternatives

Sources

Note AWS European Sovereign Cloud (announced 2023, launching in Brandenburg) may change this rating for that specific offering once GA and independent verification is possible.

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