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Groq: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Groq provides AI inference, the running of trained language models, on its own LPU (language processing unit) chips and through its GroqCloud service. Developers and businesses use it to get low-latency responses from models. The company also describes LPU capacity alongside Nvidia GPU systems. In December 2025 Groq announced a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Nvidia for its inference technology, and said it would remain an independent company with GroqCloud running without interruption.

Groq LLC is a US company with a mailing address in Mountain View, California. Its privacy policy states that the company is located in the United States and processes data in various jurisdictions, and that customer data for cloud services is governed by a Data Processing Addendum. In July 2025 Groq opened its first European data centre in Helsinki, Finland, in an Equinix facility. For European organisations this provides an EU location, but the contractual data flows and the reach of US law over the company should be assessed before personal data is processed.

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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)
  • 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

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Facts and evidence

Last checked October 11, 2026
HeadquartersUS (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionOnly for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingUS, EUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryAI
TypeProduct
Websitegroq.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Groq

The European alternatives to Groq come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 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 Groq

Groq 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.

Groq hosts data in US, EU. 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.

Groq 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 Groq 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 Groq?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Groq include Aleph Alpha, Almato and Almawave. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Groq?

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

Is Groq GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Groq is headquartered in US and hosts data in US, EU. 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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