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Hosting / cloud · Reviewed 2026-09-11

Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited is the EU contracting entity, but ultimate parent Microsoft Corporation is US-listed. Azure EU regions do not shield from the CLOUD Act — the parent's jurisdiction reaches through the Irish sub.

Contracting entity
Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited
Ultimate parent
Microsoft Corporation (US)
Hosting regions
westus, eastus, northeurope, westeurope, francecentral, germanywestcentral, swedencentral
Transfer mechanism
DPF
Operational access from
US, IE, IN

Rating by dimension

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

EU alternatives

Sources

Note The ICC-vs-Microsoft incident (Feb 2025 sanction of Karim Khan → mailbox went dark) is the clearest recent demonstration of how a US parent's jurisdiction reaches through EU subs.

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