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Sovereignty, honestly

Sovereignty is a ladder, not a slogan.

Nobody is 100% sovereign — not your competitors, not governments, not us. The chips, the AI frontier, the networks that carry your traffic are global. So the honest question was never “are you sovereign?” It is: where does it actually matter, what does it cost, and is anyone being straight with you about the trade-offs?

That is the work we do. We map exactly where your data lives and who can legally reach it, we tell you honestly whether you even need to move — and when you have a real reason to, we are one of the few partners who can actually move you up.

The four rungs

Lower rungs are legitimate choices, not failures. The right rung depends on your risk, your regulatory exposure, and what your business can realistically operate.

  1. Level 1

    EU region

    Mainstream US providers — Microsoft 365, Google Workspace — with data stored in EU datacentres. This satisfies data residency, but the provider is US-controlled, so the US CLOUD Act can still compel access. Where most European SMEs are, and often the pragmatic choice.

  2. Level 2

    EU operator

    Software run by an EU- or Swiss-owned provider outside US jurisdiction — Infomaniak and kSuite, OVHcloud, Scaleway, Hetzner, Proton. Legal control moves to the EU or Switzerland. Often the sweet spot: a real jurisdiction shift without running your own servers.

  3. Level 3

    Self-determined

    Open-source software on infrastructure you hold the contract for — your own VPS or chosen European provider, ideally with your own encryption keys. Full control of your data, its location, your provider and your exit. The summit, and not for everyone.

Below all of these sits Level 0 — generic US cloud with data leaving the EU entirely. That is the rung we move people off first.

The real cost of climbing

Every step up the ladder buys you control and costs you something: money, operational effort, sometimes a little convenience or interoperability. A Level 3 stack you cannot operate is worse than a Level 1 stack you run well.

So we don't sell purity, and we'll never guilt you up a rung you don't need. For many businesses, Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace in an EU region is genuinely the right answer — and we'll say so. For those with a real reason to climb — a regulator, a client mandate, sensitive data, a US-jurisdiction risk they can't carry, or simply a preference not to depend on a provider tied to interests they'd rather keep at arm's length — the cost is worth it, and we make the climb deliberate and documented.

None of this is anti-American. We're certified on the platforms we work with and we use US tools every day — including to build this site. The point was never rejection; it's knowing exactly where your data stands, and choosing on purpose rather than by default.

Where Solvetus sits — honestly

We hold ourselves to the same ladder. Here is exactly where we run today, and where we're moving. No pretending.

Email & collaborationMicrosoft 365, EU-hosted — Level 1
Like most of our clients, we run on Microsoft, because it's where business interoperates. EU hosting fixes residency, not jurisdiction — and we'd rather say that out loud than hide it.
ERP & CRMOdoo Online (Google Cloud, Belgium) — Level 1, and moving
We run our own business on Odoo, and we're moving it onto European infrastructure — Odoo's own EU hosting is shifting toward OVH. We sell sovereign Odoo, so we should run it.
This websiteStatic, zero trackers, zero third-party calls — delivered via Cloudflare (US)
The site itself sends no data anywhere and tracks nothing. It's served through Cloudflare, a US CDN — sovereign by construction, US in delivery. The honest detail most agencies would never publish.

Not sure which rung you actually need?

Start with a free sovereignty & AI audit: a clear, written read on where your data lives, who can reach it, and what — if anything — is worth changing.

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