What is the Cloud Act, and am I affected by hosting with Hodi?

The Cloud Act is a 2018 US law that allows US authorities to request access to data held by providers with a connection to the United States, even when that data is stored elsewhere.

The key point: what triggers the Cloud Act is not where your data is located, it is the nationality or the ties of the technical provider. Data stored in a datacenter in Dakar or Abidjan can remain within the scope of the Cloud Act if an American link is involved in the chain. Conversely, the more European and African the technical chain, the more this risk is reduced.

This is exactly the direction we are taking: hosting in European and African datacenters, and gradually reducing our reliance on vendors subject to US law. For the most sensitive cases, additional measures exist, such as encrypting your data with a key that you keep, or specific contractual clauses. We discuss these with you depending on your requirements.

We do not claim the risk is zero, no serious host can. We help you understand it and reduce it, which is very different from a marketing pitch that would brush the question aside.

Updated on: 17/07/2026