STACKIT is a relatively young cloud platform being built up by the Schwarz group, a large European retail group owning the Lidl and Kaufland.
The STACKIT cloud platform targets clients in the DACH region, especially corporations with high regulatory requirements.
The cloud platform is in the early stages from a feature perspective but the Schwarz group seems to be very serious about the endeavour. They are also investing in an European centre for Artificial Intelligence, the Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence (IPAI) Heilbronn.
Data Centres
STACKIT is powered by 3 data centres at the moment (as of 23.03.2025). Two of them are in Germany and one is located in Austria:
- DC 01 Neckarsulm, Germany
- DC 08 Ellhofen, Germany
- DC 10 Ostermiething, Austria
For an overview over data centres and their locations, check the Data Centres Map.
By adding the Ostermiething data centre into the mix, the BSI recommendation of at least 200 km distance between geo-redundant data centre locations can be met (distance between Neckarsulm and Ostermiething is 293 km).
Environmental Policy
STACKIT does not have a public environmental policy. The PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) values of the 3 data centres are 1.5, 1.3 and 1.2, which is slightly below the industry average of 1.55.
Features & Services
STACKIT is offering a basic set of IaaS services with a good set of database options to chose from. A unique service to STACKIT is STACKIT Cloud Foundry.
Certifications
Security and data protection of the STACKIT cloud service is certified by the certificates that are typically relevant in Germany: ISO27001 and C5. STACKIT also obtained a SOC 2 certification.
A full list of certificates and STACKIT Cloud Certifications.
Conclusion
The cloud service portfolio of STACKIT consists of a range of IaaS services. With their velocity, it is likely that more services will be added soon. The same goes for documentation and other learning material (e.g. webcasts) that seem to be in the making, but not there yet.
STACKIT is a European Cloud platform player to keep an eye on.
