For many IT directors and Managed Service Providers (MSPs), this is the ultimate nightmare scenario. But for one company, it was merely a minor glitch. Why? Because they had an external, immutable S3 backup copy that allowed them to restore their entire environment with just a few clicks.

This scenario raises a fundamental question: In a digital-first economy, who genuinely controls your data?

💸The Ransomware Threat vs. The Egress Ransom

When we talk about data being held hostage, we immediately think of cybercriminals and extortion demands. But there is a second, far more pervasive form of ransom happening every single day in the cloud industry: Egress Fees and Vendor Lock-in.

Major public cloud hyper-scalers make it easy and inexpensive to push your data into their clouds (ingress). But the moment you attempt to access, migrate, or restore your data elsewhere, you are slapped with exorbitant data transfer charges (egress fees).

Nearly half of traditional hyper-scaler storage bills consist of these hidden API and transfer taxes rather than actual storage capacity. You shouldn’t have to pay a penalty to retrieve your own data.

The Cloud Sovereignty Dilemma: The Illusion of “European” Datacenters 🇪🇺 US

Most European businesses assume that if their data is stored on a server physically located in Frankfurt or Brussels for example, it is protected by European law.

This is a dangerous misconception.

• US CLOUD Act: Extraterritorial reach allows US authorities to compel American tech companies to provide access to data under their control, regardless of whether the servers are physically located in Europe or elsewhere.
• EU GDPR: Protects personal data within the European Union by setting strict compliance and privacy standards.

The Conflict: Even if data resides in a European data center, using a US-owned cloud provider exposes that data to foreign jurisdictional access under the CLOUD Act, creating a conflict with strict EU privacy regulations

FACT: More than 60% of the global cloud market is dominated by the top 3 American providers. Over 90% of data exchanged in Europe falls under extraterritorial legislation—such as the US CLOUD Act—giving foreign authorities theoretical legal access to your information, regardless of where the hardware resides.

Why Competitors Like Wasabi Fall Short on True Sovereignty

Many providers position themselves as low-cost alternatives. Take Wasabi, for instance: while they offer no egress fees and run datacenters within Europe, Wasabi is a US-incorporated entity. Even when deployed inside European datacenters, American-owned storage providers remain bound to foreign court orders and US jurisdictional reach under the CLOUD Act.

True data sovereignty requires more than local hardware; it requires local ownership, local management tools, and local legal jurisdiction.

🛡️The Modern Solution: Object Storage & Digital Air-Gapping

To defend your organisation against both cyber threats and sovereign liabilities, modern IT architectures rely on S3 Object Storage paired with S3 Object Lock.

Historically, an air gap meant physically removing a backup tape and locking it in a bank vault. S3 Object Lock provides the digital equivalent. When an immutable retention policy is applied, your backup objects are locked on write.

This guarantees an untouched, uncorrupted recovery point whenever disaster strikes!

🏰The Belgian Data Fortress: The Cubixion Model

At Cubixion, we built a storage architecture designed to eliminate black boxes, hidden fees, and jurisdictional risks.

• 100% Belgian Ownership & Hosting: Your data is stored, managed, and backed up strictly within Tier III+ and Tier IV datacenters in Belgium. It remains fully subject to Belgian and EU laws (GDPR, NIS2) without exposure to foreign legislation.
• True End-to-End Sovereignty: Unlike competitors who host data in Europe but run their management consoles or parent companies out of foreign jurisdictions, our entire stack and management portal (my.cubixion.com) are hosted locally
• Zero Egress, Zero Ingress, Zero Hidden Fees: Move your data freely. Whether you are restoring backups, or migrating workloads, you pay a flat, predictable rate per TB with no surprise or API request charges
• No Black Box Architecture: Complete transparency. We support open S3 standards alongside native multi-protocol access (NFS, SMB/CIFS), integrating seamlessly with platforms like Veeam, Acronis, CommVault, Veritas, Nakivo and many others…

🤝Empowering Local IT Champions & MSPs

According to recent industry data from Accenture, over 80% of European enterprises have already invested in or are actively planning their move to sovereign cloud infrastructure.

This shift represents a massive strategic advantage for local Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and System Integrators. Partnering with a true local sovereign provider allows MSPs to:

1. Offer High-Margin Data Protection: Deliver enterprise-grade “data insurance” against ransomware without risking client churn over unpredictable hyper-scaler bills[cite: 3, 4].
2. Guarantee Total Compliance: Provide customers with absolute certainty regarding data residency, audit trails, and legal protections.
3. Build Real Human Relationships: Access direct technical support from local experts in your time zone speaking your language.

Final Question for Your IT Strategy

In a digital landscape filled with cyber threats, volatile price hikes, and foreign legal overreach, ask yourself:

Who actually holds the keys to your enterprise data? A foreign hyper-scaler, an overseas software vendor, or your own team under local legal protection?

Take back control of your cloud storage. Discover the Cubixion Belgian Sovereign Storage Platform

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Together, the two partners promote an approach where data must remain secure, governable, portable, and usable over time,supporting business continuity.

Beyond the physical location of data, the key challenge is now resilience: ensuring information stays accessible, intact, and recoverable, even in a crisis. In this context, Cubixion brings its sovereign S3 storage building block, operated in Belgium and designed for critical environments and modern backup strategies. This technology foundation supports a broader ambition: giving organizations a clear path to long-term control of their data, reducing vendor lock-in risks, and enabling true portability over time.

Within this collaboration, Cubixion brings a Belgian, independent S3 storage building block designed for critical environments, modern backup strategies, and partners that want to offer their customers predictability and control. Capsyra adds its expertise in digital resilience, operational continuity, and vendor-independent data architectures.

“This partnership helps customers go beyond simply adding backup or storage capacity. It’s about protecting data over time, across platforms and technologies,” said Xavier Warnier, Co-founder of Cubixion. “With growing uncertainty and increasing vendor lock-in, we see a real opportunity for local innovation to strengthen Belgium’s tech ecosystem and expertise.”

“For Capsyra, this is a logical and important step,” says Ruben Tacq, founder of Capsyra. “We are proud to be able to use local storage capacity in the heart of Europe. With Cubixion, we are not only strengthening our Belgian position, but also further expanding our ecosystem with reliable local players.”

This collaboration is particularly aimed at MSPs and organizations supporting end customers facing critical backup, fast recovery, and compliance requirements. By combining Capsyra’s field expertise with Cubixion’s S3 storage platform, the goal is to deliver a pragmatic approach: protect data against today’s threats while ensuring reversibility and long-term durability. Cubixion also notes that its deployment, currently focused on Belgium, will soon expand to three additional EU countries,further strengthening resilience and sovereignty options for partners.

Both companies will be at Cybersec Europe to meet MSPs, IT leaders, and security decision-makers and discuss these challenges.

Cubixion will be around Capsyra’s booth (05A.060) from Wednesday 20 to Thursday 21 May 2026, further strengthening real-world use cases around critical backup, ransomware protection, and modern S3-based storage architectures.

About Capsyra
Capsyra supports organizations in securing and operationalizing their IT environments, with a focus on resilience, continuity, and operational efficiency.

About Cubixion
Cubixion is an independent sovereign S3 object storage platform, operated in Belgium, built for partners and demanding environments. Cubixion focuses on transparency, predictability, and data protection,supporting business continuity.

Perscontact

Cubixion
Xavier Warnier

+32(0)489413222
xavier@cubixion.com

Capsyra
Ruben Tacq
+32 472 49 44 03
Ruben@capsyra.com

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Revolutionary European-owned storage platform built and operated entirely in Belgium and Germany offers cost savings with zero hidden fees 

Brussels, November 2025 – Cubixion, a European innovator in sovereign cloud storage, today announced the official launch of Belgium’s first truly data-sovereign object storage solution. Built and operated entirely within Belgium and Germany, Cubixion empowers organizations to store and manage their critical data with complete confidence while ensuring full compliance with European data protection regulations, including GDPR. 

In an era where data sovereignty, security, and compliance have become strategic imperatives for organizations across Europe, Cubixion represents a paradigm shift in how businesses approach cloud storage. Unlike other players that relocate data across multiple jurisdictions and charge for both ingress and egress traffic, Cubixion provides transparent, predictable pricing with free ingress and egress, ensuring organizations maintain complete control over their most important assets. 

Addressing the European Data Sovereignty Challenge 

European organizations face increasing pressure to maintain strict data residency compliance while managing exploding storage demands. According to industry analysts, global data is expected to triple by 2026, generating parallel increases in risks, costs, and complexities related to data management. Cubixion is specifically designed to address these challenges through a geo-distributed architecture that keeps data within European/Belgian borders while delivering enterprise-grade performance and resilience. 

“Data is an organization’s most critical asset, yet many companies are forced to compromise on sovereignty and transparency to access cloud storage at scale,” said the Cubixion team. “We believe European organizations deserve better. Cubixion delivers that alternative – truly sovereign storage that combines European values with world-class infrastructure and support.” 

Revolutionary Service Architecture 

Cubixion’s service structure eliminates the traditional cloud storage model that penalizes organizations for accessing their own data. The platform introduces four core pillars that fundamentally reshape the storage economics: 

Predictable Pricing Model: Cubixion implements a transparent pay-as-you-go model with zero hidden fees. Organizations pay exclusively for storage capacity, while ingress and egress traffic remain completely free – a stark contrast to other players pricing strategies that charge for data movement. 

Geographic Flexibility and Redundancy: Customers can choose storage locations across Cubixion’s geo-distributed infrastructure spanning Belgium and Germany, enabling business continuity strategies and accessibility optimization. Organizations can reserve specific geographic footprints to meet regulatory and operational requirements. 

Reserved Capacity Guarantees: Unlike oversubscribed public cloud offerings, Cubixion reserves dedicated capacity buffers for each customer, ensuring seamless scalability and uninterrupted service delivery even during peak demand periods. 

S3-Compatible Architecture: Cubixion delivers 100% hot storage with full S3 compatibility, enabling zero-migration friction for organizations transitioning from other players. With a guaranteed 99.99% availability SLA for hot storage, enterprise-grade performance is no longer a premium feature – it’s the standard. 

Compelling Economics and Performance 

Cubixion delivers significant cost advantages compared to major cloud service providers. Organizations deploying Cubixion experience major cost reductions compared to other players pricing while gaining the transparency and governance that European regulations increasingly demand. The platform’s architecture ensures 99% availability across all geo-distributed nodes, protecting against disasters and outages. 

Enterprise-Grade Transparency and Control 

Unlike proprietary cloud platforms where infrastructure remains opaque, Cubixion operates with complete transparency. Organizations can visit Cubixion’s facilities in Belgium and Germany to inspect infrastructure firsthand – a level of openness that traditional cloud providers cannot match. This commitment to transparency extends throughout the service, with no hidden algorithms, no mysterious pricing tiers, and no surprise charges. 

Compliance by Design 

Cubixion’s platform architecture was engineered specifically for regulatory compliance. Built entirely within the European Union, the system ensures data residency compliance with GDPR, German data protection laws, and Belgian regulations. The geo-distributed design satisfies increasingly stringent data sovereignty requirements from public sector organizations, critical infrastructure operators, and regulated industries including finance, healthcare, and defense. 

Immediate Availability 

Cubixion’s sovereign storage solution is immediately available for enterprise deployments. Organizations seeking transparent, compliant, and cost-effective S3 storage can access full technical documentation, pricing information, and service architecture details at cubixion.com. 

About Cubixion 

Cubixion is Belgium’s only truly data-sovereign S3 storage solution, built and operated entirely within Belgium and hosted in the highest tiered datacenters. Designed for organizations requiring strict data residency compliance and transparent pricing, Cubixion delivers enterprise-grade object storage with 99.99% hot storage availability, predictable pay-as-you-go pricing, and zero hidden fees. With a commitment to openness and European values, Cubixion enables organizations to regain control of their critical data infrastructure. 

Media Contact 

Cubixion 
info@cubixion.com 
Avenue Louise 500, B136 

1050 Brussels 

For more information, technical specifications, and customer case studies, visit cubixion.com or call us +32(0)489 41 32 22 

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