EU sovereign hosting for a corporate website in Dublin 2026: providers and cost

The verdict in three sentences

For a group corporate website, EU sovereign hosting costs 40 to 250 EUR a month in infrastructure plus 150 to 400 EUR in managed services, an annual budget of 2,300 to 7,800 EUR. Migrating from a US provider costs 1,500 to 3,500 EUR and takes 2 to 4 weeks with no visible downtime. A sovereign cloud certification (such as France's SecNumCloud) only matters if the site handles sensitive data or serves public sector clients with strict requirements.

Why CFOs are leaving US hosts

The US Cloud Act lets American authorities request data held by a US company, even when stored in Europe. For a corporate website, the exposure mainly concerns forms (job applications, sales enquiries), the investor area and access logs. The CFO's arguments are concrete: easier answers to enterprise clients' GDPR questionnaires, alignment with responsible procurement policy, and euro invoices with no FX swings.

The real 12 month cost

Infrastructure alone is not enough. A group website needs monitoring, updates and tested backups. Managed services often cost more than the hosting itself.

These are 2026 market estimates. A certified sovereign offer typically multiplies infrastructure cost by 2 to 3.

A zero-downtime migration plan

• Inventory: site, subdomains, transactional email, DNS, certificates (week 1).
• Prepare the EU environment and copy data (weeks 1 to 2).
• Test on a staging URL: forms, speed, investor area (weeks 2 to 3).
• DNS switch with TTL lowered to 300 seconds, outside business hours (week 3).
• Close monitoring for 15 days, then cancel the old contract.

Remember to update your GDPR record of processing and privacy notice: the host's location and the transfer basis must be stated.

Mini case study

Hypothetical persona: Niamh, CFO of a 300 employee group based in Dublin. Her corporate site costs 210 USD a month with a US host plus 250 EUR of managed services, about 5,300 EUR a year.

After moving to OVHcloud (120 EUR a month) with European managed services (280 EUR a month), recurring cost drops to 4,800 EUR a year. Migration costs 2,500 EUR. The payback through savings takes five years, but the real gain lies elsewhere: two public tenders a year now require EU-controlled hosting, each worth several hundred thousand euros in potential revenue.

FAQ

OVHcloud or Scaleway for a corporate site?

Both fit. OVHcloud offers a broader certified sovereign range, Scaleway appeals through simple managed services. The price gap stays under 20 % for a corporate website.

Will the migration hurt SEO?

No, as long as URLs stay the same and response time stays under 500 ms. Only the IP address changes.

Do we need a sovereign certification for a group brochure site?

Rarely. It becomes relevant for portals handling health data, HR data or sensitive public sector clients, at 2 to 3 times the cost.

How long should backups be kept?

A rolling 30 days covers most needs. Add a monthly backup kept for 12 months for an extra 10 to 20 EUR a month.

Who is liable in a data breach?

The group remains the data controller. The managed services contract must include a GDPR processor clause and incident notification within 24 h.

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