Hetzner Cloud

Developed in Germany

• career.hetzner.com · producer · checked 2026-07-29

  “Hetzner Cloud GmbH is a subsidiary of Hetzner based in Munich. The Bavarian capital is known for its economic strength and excellent quality of life. Since 2016, all services and products for the Hetzner Cloud have been developed here.”

Data hosted in Germany, Finland, Singapore, United States

• hetzner.com · producer · checked 2026-07-29

  “Our cloud servers are available to you in Germany, Finland, Singapore, and the USA.”

• hetzner.com · producer · checked 2026-07-29

  “In addition to three state-of-the-art data center parks in Nuremberg, in Falkenstein/Vogtland and in Helsinki, this is also ensured by the international locations in Singapore as well as Ashburn, Virginia and Hillsboro, Oregon, USA.”

• docs.hetzner.com · producer · checked 2026-07-29

  “Only the data that the customer actively stores on a server located in a third country (e.g. the U.S. or Singapore), as well as the traffic data that is technically required in connection with such storage, is transferred to that third country.”

Headquartered in Germany

• career.hetzner.com · producer · checked 2026-07-29

  “We now have eight company locations in Europe, North America, and Asia. Our home base is in Germany.”

• hetzner.com · producer · checked 2026-07-29

  “As a data center operator and hosting provider headquartered in Germany, data protection is a top priority at Hetzner.”

EU-owned, privately held

• career.hetzner.com · producer · checked 2026-07-29

  “As an owner-managed company with Martin Hetzner as founder and managing director, we operate with stability and foresight. Since we are not dependent on investors, we can make independent decisions that are not solely focused on short-term success.”

• hetzner.com · producer · checked 2026-07-29

  “A family-owned business and experienced web hosting provider—for nearly 30 years.”

Partial exposure to non-EU jurisdiction

• docs.hetzner.com · producer · checked 2026-07-29

  “Hetzner US LLC is a subsidiary of Hetzner Online GmbH and provides data centre services to the latter in the USA.”

• docs.hetzner.com · producer · checked 2026-07-29

  “If you want to choose a company that has no connection whatsoever to the USA or Singapore, we unfortunately have to decline at this time. Hetzner US LLC and Hetzner Singapore Pte. Ltd. do have a certain connection.”

Own data centres in Germany and Finland; third-party sites in the USA and Singapore, on Hetzner's own servers — European provider

• hetzner.com · producer · checked 2026-07-29

  “With our own data center parks in Falkenstein, Nuremberg, and Helsinki, we offer reliable infrastructure for projects in Europe.”

• docs.hetzner.com · producer · checked 2026-07-29

  “Hetzner does not operate its own data centres in the USA or Singapore, but uses third-party data centres. Hetzner products run on Hetzner's own servers.”

Can the code be inspected and self-hosted?

Documented export in an open format

Recorded but not yet checked against a source, so it earns no points.

ISO/IEC 27001, BSI C5

• hetzner.com · producer · checked 2026-07-29

  “Hetzner Online GmbH operates an information security management system (ISMS) certified in accordance with ISO/IEC 27001:2022.”

• cdn.hetzner.com · certifier · checked 2026-07-29

  “has been assessed and registered by SOCOTEC Certification Deutschland GmbH and found to be in compliance”

• docs.hetzner.com · producer · checked 2026-07-29

  “Hetzner has received a BSI C5 Type 2 certification, demonstrating the independently verified high level of security of its cloud services.”

• files.hetzner.com · producer · checked 2026-07-29

  “In its audit report dated November 17, 2025, WP Koehler GmbH”

How long are updates and security fixes guaranteed?