Achieve Full Data Sovereignty Under EU Law

Data sovereignty is a strategic priority for over 80% of European businesses in 2025. Storing data within certified European data centers ensures compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Non-compliance carries fines of up to 4% of global annual turnover, a risk no business can ignore.

Impossible Cloud's object storage solution is sovereign by design. We utilize country-level geofencing to guarantee data stays in a predefined EU region. This architecture provides the legal certainty required to avoid exposure to extra-territorial laws like the US CLOUD Act.

For industries like financial services, this is not optional. The average cost of a data breach in this sector reached $6.08 million in 2024, making verified data residency a core requirement for risk management. This focus on EU-centric control is fundamental to building a resilient data strategy.

Comply with 2025's New Digital Rulebook

The European regulatory landscape is tightening significantly in 2025. The NIS-2 Directive now extends its cybersecurity obligations to include cloud computing providers, demanding rigorous risk management and incident reporting. This change places direct responsibility on providers to ensure the resilience of their infrastructure.

A key change is the EU Data Act, which becomes fully applicable on September 12, 2025. Its primary goal is to prevent vendor lock-in by enforcing data portability. The Act requires providers to facilitate seamless switching, a mandate that challenges traditional cloud business models.

Our platform is built to exceed these requirements from day one. We provide an enterprise-ready exit path, ensuring you can move your data, including all metadata and versions, without technical or contractual barriers. This readiness for new regulations offers a distinct competitive advantage for your business.

Eliminate Unpredictable Costs with a New Economic Model

Hidden costs are a major pain point for 9 out of 10 cloud customers. Egress fees, often called the 'Hotel California effect,' can cost between 5 and 20 cents per gigabyte, creating massive, unplanned expenses. This practice punishes businesses for accessing their own data.

The EU Data Act will eventually ban these charges, but not until 2027. Our S3 storage costs are predictable by design, eliminating these fees entirely today. We offer a transparent model with three key promises:

• Zero egress fees, ever.
• Zero costs for API calls.
• Zero minimum storage duration.

This approach gives Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and enterprises what they need most: predictable margins and budget certainty. You can build services and manage operations without fear of a surprise bill, reducing your total cost of ownership by up to 80%.

Build a Ransomware-Proof Backup Strategy

With 71% of organizations increasing their investment in cloud ransomware protection, a resilient backup strategy is non-negotiable. The modern best practice is the 3-2-1-1-0 rule, which requires at least one copy of your data to be immutable or air-gapped. This ensures a clean recovery point exists that attackers cannot modify.

Our immutable backup capability uses S3 Object Lock to make data unchangeable for a defined period. This feature is your last line of defense, rendering backups resilient to malicious deletion or encryption attempts. It provides the audit-ready retention needed for compliance and the peace of mind needed for business continuity.

We further secure your data with multi-layer encryption, both in transit and at rest. Access is governed by a robust Identity and Access Management (IAM) system with support for multi-factor authentication (MFA) and role-based access control (RBAC). This hardened architecture is designed to protect your most critical assets.

Go Beyond Basic S3 Compatibility

The S3 API is the undisputed industry standard, but not all "S3-compatible" services are equal. Many alternatives lack support for advanced features, forcing you to rewrite scripts or change workflows. Our platform offers full S3 API compatibility, protecting your existing investments in tools and applications.

We deliver this through an "Always-Hot" object storage model. This architecture eliminates complex and fragile storage tiers, ensuring all your data is immediately accessible with predictable, low latency. It avoids the restore delays, API timeouts, and hidden fees associated with retrieving data from archival tiers.

Our enterprise-grade implementation includes critical capabilities for modern data operations:

1. Support for advanced object operations like versioning and lifecycle management.
2. Identity-based IAM with granular policies and support for external IdPs via SAML/OIDC.
3. A first-class console UX for managing buckets, permissions, and monitoring.
4. Guaranteed service levels that provide a reliable foundation for business planning.

This comprehensive feature set ensures your pipelines keep running without code rewrites, minimizing migration risk and operational complexity.

Enable Partners with Predictable Margins and Growth

For MSPs, resellers, and system integrators, predictable margins are the foundation of a healthy business. Our partner-ready platform is designed for the channel, providing the tools and economic model needed for success. The zero-egress-fee model allows you to build Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) and archiving solutions with defensible, stable margins.

Our multi-tenant partner console simplifies management with integrated RBAC and MFA. It provides the reporting and automation capabilities, via API and CLI, needed to onboard and manage customers efficiently. We have seen partners onboard new clients in under 60 minutes.

We are expanding local access across Europe with key distribution milestones in 2025. The addition of distributor api in Germany and our first UK distributor, Northamber plc, makes it easier than ever for resellers to deliver sovereign cloud solutions. This momentum provides a clear path for partner growth.