plusserver
German managed-cloud and hosting provider (plusserver GmbH, Cologne), founding member of Gaia-X. Runs pluscloud (OpenStack/VMware), dedicated servers and colocation from its own German data centers, plus "plusAI", a digitally sovereign AI/GPU platform aimed at SMEs.
100
- EU-provided+25/25
- EU-hosted+15/15
- CLOUD Act exposure: none+20/20
- GDPR DPA available+10/10
- Certifications (4)+20/20
- No foreign control+10/10
Sovereignty & control
- EU-provided
- Yes
- EU-hosted
- Yes
- CLOUD Act
- None
- GDPR DPA
- Available
- Control status
- No foreign control
- Ultimate parent
- Equivia Partners (DE)
- Data residency
- DE
- Certifications
- ISO 27001BSI C5Gaia-XGDPR DPA
Control: plusserver was owned by UK-headquartered private-equity firm BC Partners from July 2017 (acquired from GoDaddy Inc., USA) until BC Partners exited on 1 November 2024. Since that date plusserver has been owned by Equivia Partners, a growth-equity firm headquartered in Cologne, Germany (founded 2020), per Crunchbase/press acquisition records. No foreign controlling parent is currently identified.
Ownership: Prior to 1 November 2024, plusserver was foreign-controlled (BC Partners, UK). This record reflects post-acquisition (Equivia Partners) ownership; flagged for confirmation against plusserver's own imprint/registry filing since the ownership-change press coverage found is third-party (Crunchbase/PitchBook), not a primary company statement.
Note: Founding member of Gaia-X; markets itself as not subject to the US CLOUD Act because data is stored in its own German data centers. ISAE 3402 also held (assurance over internal controls, not a listed enum value).
- Egress
- —
Not verified from a primary source at this pass; left unknown rather than guessed.
Regions & residency
Offerings
| GPU | Config | Regions | €/GPU·h | Availability | Sov. | Verified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plusAI (sovereign AI/LLM platform for SMEs) | — · Serverless | 🇩🇪 DE | Quote only | On request | 100 | 2026-07-08 |
Sources
- Official Docswww.plusserver.com/en/ai-platform8 Jul 2026
- Official Docswww.plusserver.com/en/compute8 Jul 2026
- Official Docswww.plusserver.com/en/company/certificates-and-attestations8 Jul 2026
- Official Docswww.plusserver.com/en/company/data-centers8 Jul 2026
- Collectorwww.crunchbase.com/organization/plusserver8 Jul 2026
- Presswww.bcpartners.com/news/bc-partners-to-acquire-plusserver-market-leader-in-the-managed-hosting-segment-in-germany8 Jul 2026