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gridscale

Name: gridscale
Author: gridscale

German cloud platform with servers across Europe

GermanyEU♻EU controlledHigh non-EU dependency

Visit website gridscale.io

Operational dependency warning

Relies heavily on non-European providers

Current public evidence shows 6 non-European infrastructure or email dependencies across 5 providers: Google, Mailchimp, Mailgun, Twilio SendGrid, Zendesk. The reviewed operational path is therefore not entirely European.

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gridscale is a cloud computing platform based in Germany. It covers the usual building blocks: virtual servers, managed Kubernetes, load balancers and object storage, plus managed databases including Postgres, Microsoft SQL, MariaDB, MySQL and Redis, which can run as a cache or as storage. Managed NFS servers are available as well, which helps when data has to be shared between Kubernetes nodes.

Servers run in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands, and all gridscale data centres are powered by renewable energy, so it works as a European alternative to the large US clouds. It suits teams that want transparent pricing and infrastructure that stays inside Europe.

Pricing

Pricing is published openly. Virtual servers start at 27 euros per month and managed databases at 50 euros per month.

External verification

EU verification badge

eu-alt.eu independently verified this service's European ownership. Choose a badge style and link it back to the dated evidence on this page.

Evidence last checked: 2026-09-04

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Data and operations

Infrastructure and email path

Verified operational dependencies, shown separately from ownership and from the service's core data hosting.

Public website

gridscale

European provider

Observed: A 185.102.94.182 · AS29423
Evidence: Live website DNS ↗RIPE network record ↗

Incoming business email

Google Workspace

Non-European provider

Observed: 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
Evidence: Current daily MX lookup ↗

Why this matters

Published MX records route incoming business email through Google Workspace. Correspondent details and message content can therefore enter this non-European provider's systems; MX does not reveal the configured storage region.

Authorised outbound email

Google Workspace

Non-European provider

Observed: SPF _spf.google.com
Evidence: Live SPF record ↗

Why this matters

This domain authorises Google Workspace to send email. If active, recipient details and message content can be processed by this non-European provider. SPF does not reveal its configured storage region.

Authorised outbound email

Mailchimp

Non-European provider

Observed: SPF servers.mcsv.net
Evidence: Live SPF record ↗

Why this matters

This domain authorises Mailchimp to send email. If active, recipient details and message content can be processed by this non-European provider. SPF does not reveal its configured storage region.

Authorised outbound email

Mailgun

Non-European provider

Observed: SPF mailgun.org
Evidence: Live SPF record ↗

Why this matters

This domain authorises Mailgun to send email. If active, recipient details and message content can be processed by this non-European provider. SPF does not reveal its configured storage region.

Authorised outbound email

Zendesk

Non-European provider

Observed: SPF mail.zendesk.com
Evidence: Live SPF record ↗

Why this matters

This domain authorises Zendesk to send email. If active, recipient details and message content can be processed by this non-European provider. SPF does not reveal its configured storage region.

Authorised outbound email

Twilio SendGrid

Non-European provider

Observed: SPF sendgrid.net
Evidence: Live SPF record ↗

Why this matters

This domain authorises Twilio SendGrid to send email. If active, recipient details and message content can be processed by this non-European provider. SPF does not reveal its configured storage region.

Domain and email check

gridscale.io

Current public DNS records show who manages this domain, which systems handle incoming business email, and selected published service signals. Refreshed daily.

Updated daily

Domain nameservers

ns1.dnsimple.com
ns2.dnsimple.com
ns3.dnsimple.com
ns4.dnsimple.com

Incoming business email

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

Mail handled by: Google Workspace Non-European provider

Additional service signals

Published SPF, DKIM and discovery records can reveal configured links to major platforms beyond incoming mail.

Mail-signing setup

Google Workspace

Non-European provider

TXT google._domainkey DKIM key published

A provider-specific DKIM record is published for Google Workspace. This shows configured mail-signing infrastructure, but not that every message currently uses it.

Current DNS record ↗Provider setup guide ↗

Sender authorisation

Google Workspace

Non-European provider

SPF include:_spf.google.com

Google Workspace is authorised to send email for this domain. The SPF entry can be unused or stale and does not reveal the configured data region.

Current DNS record ↗Provider setup guide ↗

This is a targeted check, not a complete zone inventory. Generic Google and Microsoft verification tokens are ignored because they do not prove product use or a data flow. DNS normally cannot list arbitrary subdomains or customer-chosen DKIM selectors, including Salesforce selectors. Missing signals are not proof that a provider is unused.

DNS checked: 2026-10-18 17:04 UTC

Public DNS records identify visible providers and routes, not every backend location or private data-region setting.

Infrastructure checked: 2026-09-04