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Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Akamai Connected Cloud, formerly Linode, is Akamai's cloud IaaS platform. It offers virtual machines (Linodes) in several plan types, including dedicated CPU, shared CPU, high memory and GPU, and LKE for managed Kubernetes clusters. It also provides block storage, S3-compatible object storage, backups, NodeBalancers for load balancing, Cloud Firewalls, a DNS Manager and private VLANs. The services are consumed as a hosted cloud and are available in multiple regions worldwide.

Akamai Technologies is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts (US) and acquired Linode, the Philadelphia-based cloud company, in a deal announced in February 2022. According to the documentation, the European regions include Frankfurt, London, Milan, Paris, Amsterdam, Stockholm and Madrid. Because the parent company is American, the service falls within the reach of US legislation such as the CLOUD Act, even when you choose a European region. The platform is not open source, although Linode's origins were strongly oriented towards open source.

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Sovereignty score

27 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-210
Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
Data residency SOV-350
Hosting inside and outside Europe (US, EU, APAC)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
Key management with a non-European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
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 6, 2026

Headquarters	US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	US, EU, APACVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Cloud IaaS
Type	Product
Website	akamai.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode)

The European alternatives to Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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 Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode)

Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) hosts data in US, EU, APAC. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) 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 Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) 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 Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode)?

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

Are there open-source alternatives to Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode)?

Our list of EU alternatives to Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) is headquartered in US and hosts data in US, EU, APAC. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Cloud IaaS

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