VAST Data develops the VAST AI Operating System, a data platform that combines storage, a database and compute for large-scale analytics and AI workloads. The product family includes DataStore, DataBase, DataEngine and DataSpace. Organisations typically run it as scale-out infrastructure in their own data centres or in the cloud, rather than as a hosted service operated by the vendor.
VAST Data Inc. is headquartered in New York, with its terms governed by New York law. Because customers deploy the software on infrastructure they choose, where the data physically resides is the customer's decision; an EU-only deployment is therefore technically possible. The vendor remains a US company, however, and is subject to US law, including the CLOUD Act, for support, telemetry and licensing relationships. The privacy policy states that website and account information is processed in the United States and does not mention the GDPR by name. European organisations should review support access, remote management and telemetry arrangements before deploying it for sensitive data.