Register No. 097
Is UpCloud European?
Not established. Public sources do not show who ultimately controls UpCloud.
Latest
Nothing new on file since the check on 26 October 2026. Seen news about UpCloud? Send it with a source.
- Controlled by
- UpCloud Oy (parallel name UpCloud Ltd); founder-led and backed by Inventure, Connected Capital and Tesi, but shareholdings and ultimate control are not disclosed
- Control sits in
- Finland
- Seat
Finland- Last checked
About UpCloud
UpCloud is a cloud computing platform from Finland with data centres in several parts of the world. It offers virtual servers, private cloud networking, managed databases, managed Kubernetes and object storage. Block storage can be upgraded for higher read and write speeds, which helps with databases and other IO heavy applications.
Evidence 7
- PRH/YTJ open data: UpCloud Oy, Business ID 2431560-5avoindata.prh.fi ↗
- PRH registered notices: share series, share issues and beneficial-owner notices; latest share issue 8 October 2026avoindata.prh.fi ↗
- UpCloud EU Data Act disclosure: UpCloud Oy is group parent and sole contracting entityupcloud.com ↗
- UpCloud Terms of Service effective 3 July 2026: operator UpCloud Oyupcloud.com ↗
- January 2020 funding release: Connected Capital (NL), Tesi (FI), Inventure (FI); no stakes disclosednews.cision.com ↗
- Tesi portfolio company UpCloud Oy, investment year 2020tesi.fi ↗
- UpCloud, 21 October 2026: self-described European-owned, no controller namedupcloud.com ↗
Sources were opened and read on the date of the check. Registers and websites change; if one of these no longer says what we cite it for, tell us.
Products 2
UpCloud
upcloud.com ↗Cloud computing platform from Finland
UpCloud is a cloud computing platform from Finland with data centres in several parts of the world. It offers virtual servers, private cloud networking, managed databases, managed Kubernetes and object storage. Block storage can be upgraded for higher read and write speeds, which helps with databases and other IO heavy applications.
- Instead of
- Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services (AWS), DigitalOcean, Google Cloud Platform, Google Cloud Storage and Microsoft Azure
- Pricing
- The cheapest general purpose instance, with one core and 1 GB of RAM, starts at 7 euros per month.
- Suits
- Teams running production workloads on EU infrastructure
UpCloud Object Storage
upcloud.com ↗S3 compatible object storage from Finland
UpCloud Object Storage is the object storage product of the Finnish cloud provider UpCloud. It speaks the S3 API, so existing tools, SDKs and backup software that already talk to S3 can be pointed at it without rewriting any code.
- Instead of
- Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage
- Pricing
- Object storage starts at 5 US dollars per month for 250 GB of storage and 500 GB of transfer.
- Suits
- S3 workloads that should stay in Europe
Operations
Who runs the parts of the service we could observe from outside, checked 26 October 2026. A provider's control can differ from where its servers stand.
| Part | Provider | Provider control | What we saw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core hosting | UpCloud Oy and wholly owned subsidiaries · Customer-selected zone: 8 EU zones plus NO-SVG1 (Norway, EEA), or UK, US, Singapore, Australia | Unknown | Customer chooses the zone; DPA 10.1 says data is not moved out of it without instruction. FI-HEL1/2, DE-FRA1, DK-CPH1, ES-MAD1, NL-AMS1, PL-WAW1, SE-STO1 and NO-SVG1 (labelled EU in the DPA appendix although Norway is EEA) are operated directly by UpCloud Oy with no subprocessors. UK-LON1, US-NYC1/CHI1/SJO1, SG-SIN1 and AU-SYD1 are run by 100%-owned subsidiaries, which are the only listed subprocessors. Platform and account data are operated from Finland. UpCloud Oy's own ultimate control is unresolved. [1] [2] [3] |
| Core hosting | Equinix | Unknown | Facility named by UpCloud for FI-HEL1 (HE6), PL-WAW1, SE-STO1 (SK2), SG-SIN1 and AU-SYD1. These are colocation sites for UpCloud-operated hardware, and the operators control physical access. Facility-operator control was not reviewed. [1] |
| Core hosting | Digital Realty | Unknown | Facility named by UpCloud for DE-FRA1, DK-CPH1 (CPH3), ES-MAD1 and NL-AMS1. These are colocation sites for UpCloud-operated hardware. Facility-operator control was not reviewed. [1] |
| Core hosting | Telia | Unknown | Telia Helsinki Data Center, named for FI-HEL2, which also physically hosts object-storage region EUROPE-1. Facility-operator control was not reviewed. [1] |
| Core hosting | Green Mountain | Unknown | SVG-Rennesøy facility named for NO-SVG1, Stavanger, Norway, available since 01/2026. Facility-operator control was not reviewed. [1] |
| Core hosting | Verne | Unknown | Facility named for UK-LON1, London. Facility-operator control was not reviewed. [1] |
| Core hosting | CoreSite | Unknown | Facilities named for US-NYC1, US-CHI1 and US-SJO1 (Santa Clara). Facility-operator control was not reviewed. [1] |
| Public website | Cloudflare | Not European | upcloud.com, www, hub.upcloud.com (control panel) and signup.upcloud.com: A 172.66.40.194, 172.66.43.62 · AAAA 2606:4700:3108::ac42:2b3e, 2606:4700:3108::ac42:28c2 · AS13335. By contrast, api.upcloud.com resolves to 94.237.1.53 on UpCloud's AS202053 (Helsinki). [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| Authoritative DNS | Cloudflare | Not European | NS dns1/dns2/dns3.upcloud.com resolve to 162.159.8.139, 162.159.9.99 and 162.159.10.192 (plus 2400:cb00:2049:1:: IPv6), all on AS13335. The SOA contact is dns.cloudflare.com, so these are UpCloud-branded names for Cloudflare authoritative DNS. [1] [2] [3] |
| Incoming email | Google Workspace | Not European | MX 1 aspmx.l.google.com · 5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com · 5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com · 10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com · 10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com [1] |
| Outgoing email | UpCloud (own mail server) | Unknown | SPF ip4:94.237.1.48, which reverse-resolves to smtp-out.upcloud.com on AS202053 (Helsinki). UpCloud Oy's ultimate control is unresolved. [1] [2] |
| Outgoing email | Mailchimp | Not European | SPF servers.mcsv.net [1] |
| Outgoing email | Google Workspace | Not European | SPF _spf.google.com [1] |
| Outgoing email | HubSpot | Not European | SPF 6435916.spf10.hubspotemail.net [1] |
| Outgoing email | Mailjet / Sinch | Widely held | SPF spf.mailjet.com [1] |
| Outgoing email | Atlassian Statuspage | Not European | SPF include:stspg-customer.com plus a status-page-domain-verification TXT. status.upcloud.com is a CNAME to k11q7x12bmjp.stspg-customer.com (Amazon AS16509). Used for status-page notifications, not customer workloads. [1] [2] [3] |
| Payments | Apple Pay, Google Payments, PayPal and Sift Science | Not European | The privacy notice (21 October 2026) names these as independent controllers for payments and fraud prevention. Card processing and other payment providers outside the EEA are mentioned but not named. This concerns account and payment data, not customer workloads. [1] |
| Supporting service | Veriff OÜ | Unknown | Identity-verification processor used when additional verification is required. It handles ID-document images, photos and videos, and derived facial measurements. Active retention is 90 days, then a 3-year archive. Ownership was not reviewed. [1] |
| Supporting service | TrustSig OÜ | Unknown | Bot- and fraud-detection processor. It handles browser and device signals, and may process name, email and phone for fraud prevention. Ownership was not reviewed. [1] |
| Supporting service | Intuition Machines / hCaptcha | Not European | Website bot-protection processor handling IP, browser and device, and interaction data. [1] |