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1984 Hosting: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

1984 is an Icelandic hosting company, operated by 1984 ehf. in Reykjavík and founded in 2006. It offers web hosting, virtual private servers (VPS), business hosting, a WordPress security package and domain registration, with plans for individuals and organisations. The services are delivered as managed hosting in Icelandic data centres, and the company's website describes its hosting as free and independent.

Iceland is a member of the European Economic Area, where the GDPR applies through the EEA Agreement, and the Icelandic Data Protection Authority is the supervisory authority. The company's privacy page names that authority and says it signs written agreements with third-party providers, but it does not state a customer data processing agreement or where all customer data is stored. The pages consulted do not name an owner. For a European organisation, an EEA provider sits within the same data-protection framework, but the processing terms should be confirmed before personal data is hosted.

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Sovereignty score

71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in the EEA: the GDPR applies directly
Data residency SOV-3100
EU-only hosting
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
Key management with a European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 10, 2026

Headquarters	IS (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	Cloud IaaS
Type	Product
Website	1984.is ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to 1984 Hosting

The European alternatives to 1984 Hosting come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with 1984 Hosting

1984 Hosting is headquartered in IS, which falls under the GDPR through the European Economic Area. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so 1984 Hosting scores best on data residency.

1984 Hosting is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs 1984 Hosting together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to 1984 Hosting?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to 1984 Hosting include acens, Aiven and Alwyzon. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to 1984 Hosting?

Our list of EU alternatives to 1984 Hosting is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is 1984 Hosting GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

1984 Hosting is headquartered in IS (EFTA) and hosts data in EU. That makes 1984 Hosting an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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