Plain answers on GDPR, the AI Act, data residency and DPAs for teams that use AI in the EU, with primary sources linked.
Digital sovereignty for companies that use AI: who controls your AI?
Digital sovereignty means your company decides how its digital systems run: which law governs them, who can change the terms and whether you can leave. A US AI vendor leaves those decisions to US law, US sanctions and its own terms. EUrouter keeps AI with European companies under European law, and leaving stays a one-line change.
Data sovereignty for AI: why an EU region isn't enough
Data sovereignty means only the law you operate under can reach your data, which takes more than storing it in the EU. An EU region of a US cloud gives data residency, but the US CLOUD Act still binds the provider. For AI, sovereignty takes an EU company, EU-headquartered providers and EU processing, which EUrouter enforces per request.
GDPR-compliant AI: how to use AI APIs the European way
No AI tool is GDPR compliant on its own: compliance depends on your legal basis, a DPA, lawful transfers, retention and, for risky uses, a DPIA. The simplest way is to keep AI in Europe: EUrouter, a Dutch company, routes every request to EU-hosted providers, 15 of 17 headquartered in the EU, and stores no prompts by default.
You need AI that won’t create compliance headaches. Your data stays in the EU, GDPR is enforced by default, and every request is routed for the best balance of cost, latency, and uptime, reducing risk while improving performance.