Dataflow and IONOS Partner to Deliver Sovereign, Enterprise-Grade Data Pipelines Across Europe
LONDON & KARLSRUHE, Germany — June 25, 2026 — Dataflow, the enterprise data integration platform, and IONOS Group SE (FSE: IOS), Europe’s leading cloud and hosting provider serving 6.6 million customers, today announced a strategic technology partnership to deliver fully sovereign, high-performance data pipelines to enterprises across Europe.
The partnership integrates Dataflow’s intelligent pipeline orchestration layer directly with IONOS Cloud infrastructure — including its European-jurisdiction compute, managed databases, and Event Streams for Apache Kafka — giving data teams a single, auditable platform to move, transform, and activate data without it ever leaving EU legal jurisdiction.
The Problem This Solves
European enterprises operating on hyperscaler infrastructure face an irreducible legal tension: data processed on AWS, Azure, or GCP is subject to the U.S. CLOUD Act, regardless of where servers physically sit. As AI workloads scale and data volumes compound, this jurisdictional exposure has become a boardroom risk, not just a compliance checkbox.
Simultaneously, data engineering teams have been forced to choose between best-in-class tooling and regulatory safety. That trade-off ends today.
“Data sovereignty is no longer a European bureaucratic concern — it’s a competitive moat. Every enterprise AI strategy is only as trustworthy as the infrastructure it runs on. With IONOS, we give data teams the freedom to build without legal exposure.”
— CEO, Dataflow
What the Partnership Delivers
The joint solution is built from the ground up to support modern data workflows in highly regulated environments:
- Native IONOS Cloud Integration: Dataflow connectors for IONOS Object Storage, Managed PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, and In-Memory DB — with zero-egress-fee architecture within the IONOS network.
- Kafka-Native Streaming: Real-time pipeline support via IONOS Event Streams for Apache Kafka, enabling sub-second data movement between enterprise systems.
- EU-Only Data Residency, by Default: All pipeline execution, metadata, and logs processed exclusively in IONOS data centres in Germany and the EU — enforceable at the infrastructure level, not just policy.
- GDPR and EU AI Act Compliance Built In: Joint audit logging, data lineage, and consent-signal propagation that satisfies GDPR Article 30 record-keeping and emerging AI Act data provenance requirements.
- Unified SLA: Single enterprise agreement covering pipeline reliability and cloud infrastructure — eliminating the finger-pointing between software vendors and cloud providers.
“Enterprises building on AI need a data foundation that is sovereign by architecture, not by assurance. Dataflow brings best-in-class orchestration to IONOS infrastructure. Together, we remove the trade-off between innovation and compliance that European companies should never have had to make.”
— Achim Weiß, CEO, IONOS Group SE
Market Context & Digital Sovereignty
Europe’s sovereign cloud market is accelerating rapidly. The European Commission awarded a €180 million cloud infrastructure contract in 2026 to European-only providers, and France recently moved its Health Data Hub from Microsoft Azure to a sovereign provider.
Furthermore, the EU AI Act, now in force, creates strict new data provenance obligations for AI-training pipelines. IONOS — with 6.6 million customers, a Frankfurt data centre expansion, and an AI revenue target of 50% by the end of 2026 — is the infrastructure platform of record for European digital sovereignty.
Dataflow’s pipeline technology, combined with IONOS’s GDPR-native cloud, directly addresses the fastest-growing segment of enterprise data infrastructure demand: the need to move fast on AI without jurisdictional compromise.
Availability
The Dataflow–IONOS integrated offering is available immediately for enterprise customers. A joint go-to-market motion includes co-sold packages, a certified implementation partner programme, and dedicated solution engineering support across DACH, Benelux, and the UK.
About Dataflow
Dataflow is an enterprise data integration platform that enables data teams to build, orchestrate, and monitor pipelines across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. Dataflow’s architecture prioritises data governance, lineage, and operational reliability — purpose-built for enterprises in regulated industries. For more information, visit dataflow.zone.
About IONOS Group SE
IONOS Group SE (FSE: IOS) is Europe’s leading cloud and hosting provider, serving 6.63 million customers across 18 markets. With data centres in Germany and across the EU, IONOS delivers cloud compute, managed databases, AI infrastructure, and digital workplace solutions under a 100% European legal framework. Revenue reached €1.32 billion in FY2025, with Adjusted EBITDA of €485 million. For more information, visit ionos.com.
Media Contacts
- Dataflow: press@dataflow.zone
- IONOS: communications@ionos.com