What Whitesky.cloud does

Whitesky.cloud NV is a Belgian-headquartered European sovereign cloud platform provider, founded in 2020 and operating from Lochristi with regional commercial offices in The Woodlands, Texas and Kampala, Uganda. The company delivers a vanilla cloud stack — Cloudspaces (isolated virtual environments with VMs, networking, and storage), Objectspaces (S3-compatible object storage scaling to hundreds of petabytes), and Containerspaces (managed Kubernetes via Rancher integration) — that runs on customer-owned hardware inside customer datacenters, providing full data sovereignty and control. Adjacent capabilities include integrated agentless backup and disaster recovery, a centralized Meneja control plane for multi-location orchestration, white-label portal and built-in billing, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) for Windows 11 and Linux, and a Private AI workload layer with GPU scaling via a Drut partnership.

The go-to-market is two-tiered: direct enterprise sales targeting enterprises, governments, and SaaS providers (with dedicated commercial contacts in Europe, Americas, and Africa), and a channel partner/MSP model in which managed service providers can build their own branded public clouds or offer private managed cloud services under their own brands. A federated network of independent MSPs enables geographic reach and workload portability without central lock-in. The company bundles Octopus.cloud integration for Microsoft SPLA compliance and partners with Mobiti, RackWare, MinIO, and Checkmk for replication, object storage interoperability, and monitoring. Pricing is usage-based on a capacity-unit metering system (compute, storage, memory, network, GPU, object, Windows, IOPS units) billed monthly; pricing is not publicly disclosed and annual contracts with custom terms are standard.

Whitesky.cloud serves managed service providers and cloud service providers as its primary go-to channel, with direct enterprise, government, and SaaS provider deployments as the end-customer base. Named customers span telecommunications (America Movil), technology/collaboration SaaS (Exalate), marketing and loyalty (Leal Group, Circle Sco), IT services (EMQU, LCI, Cloudcom, Varity), and education (Scheppers Instituut Wetteren). The platform is currently delivered as a managed service, with a self-hosted software edition announced for rollout in 2026. Ownership and management are founder-led: CEO Hans van Linschoten, CTO Geert Audenaert, and COO Xavier Keters, with no disclosed external institutional funding.

Name

Whitesky.cloud

Legal name

whitesky.cloud NV

Website

https://whitesky.cloud

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Whitesky.cloud is a Belgian-founded European sovereign cloud platform provider delivering Cloudspaces, Objectspaces, and Containerspaces — along with VDI, backup, and built-in billing — on customer-owned hardware for MSPs, enterprises, governments, and SaaS providers, with regional offices in Europe, the Americas, and Africa.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cloud Infrastructure Platform

NAICS

Computer Facilities Management Services (541513), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Cloud Platforms (On‑Prem Cloud Stacks) (HDABABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Orchestration (Private-Cloud-Centric) (HDABABAE), Cloud Operations Outsourcing (Cloud Managed Operations) (BPAEAMAC), Managed Container Platforms (Kubernetes & Container PaaS) (HDABAAAB), Cloud Managed Services (Operations, Monitoring, Patching) (BPAEACAF)

Keywords

• Sovereign cloud platform
• Managed cloud services
• Private cloud infrastructure
• S3 compatible object storage
• Managed Kubernetes clusters

Headquarters

HQ city

Lochristi

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Cloud Platform Subscription: Usage-based cloud platform subscription where customers pay for capacity units (CU), storage units (SU), memory units (MU), virtual CPU units (VCU), network units (NU), transaction units (TU), public IP units (PIU), Windows units (WU), virtual GPU units (VGU), flash storage units (FSU), and object units (OU). All resources are metered hourly with monthly billing.
2. Managed Cloud Services: Managed cloud platform delivered as a service today with software edition rolling out in 2026. Includes platform operations, lifecycle management, updates, and availability maintenance.
3. MSP Reseller/Billing Model: MSPs can operate, assist, and troubleshoot customer workloads while maintaining control. Includes built-in billing and invoicing for MSPs to resell cloud services with usage-based metering, reseller onboarding, and federation support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Whitesky.cloud operates a European sovereign cloud platform sold as a managed service today (with a self-hosted software edition planned for 2026) that runs on customer-owned hardware in customer datacenters. The platform delivers isolated virtual cloud environments (Cloudspaces), S3-compatible object storage (Objectspaces), managed Kubernetes (Containerspaces), backup and disaster recovery, virtual desktops (VDI), a white-label portal with built-in billing, the Meneja control plane for multi-location orchestration, and a federation network enabling MSPs and enterprises to build their own branded public clouds or sovereign private clouds.

Product overview

Whitesky.cloud is a European sovereign cloud platform delivered as a managed service (with software edition planned for 2026) that enables MSPs, SaaS providers, enterprises, and governments to build and operate their own cloud infrastructure. The core platform consists of Cloudspaces (isolated virtual environments), Objectspaces (S3-compatible object storage), and Containerspaces (managed Kubernetes via Rancher). These are complemented by Virtual Desktops (VDI), Backup & Disaster Recovery, Portal & Billing with multi-tenant support, Meneja Control Plane for multi-location orchestration, and Federation for cross-MSP collaboration. Key capabilities include Private AI infrastructure with GPU scaling, hybrid/multi-location cloud support, white-label portals, and secure multi-tenancy with RBAC. The platform runs on customer-owned hardware in their datacenters, providing full data sovereignty.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cloudspaces: Isolated virtual network environments for deploying cloud resources including VMs, networking, and storage
• Objectspaces
• Containerspaces
• Meneja Control Plane
• Federation

Products and services

• Cloudspaces (Virtual Cloud Environments) Isolated Layer 2 virtual network environments where customers deploy and manage virtual machines, networking, and storage. Includes built-in load balancers, reverse proxies, DNS, SSL certificates, backups, vTPM, secure boot, granular control, anti-affinity policies, and direct NVMe storage for latency-sensitive workloads.
• Objectspaces (S3-Compatible Object Storage) S3-compatible object storage for unstructured data including backups, archives, static websites, and application assets. Includes versioning and object locking for data protection. A single deployment scales to hundreds of petabytes.
• Containerspaces (Containers & Kubernetes) Managed Kubernetes clusters via Rancher integration for running containerized applications, with built-in multi-site and geo-redundancy and seamless integration into the portal, networking, billing, and virtual machines running alongside containers.
• Backup & Disaster Recovery Integrated agentless backup and restore for virtual machines using S3-compatible object storage. Supports backup to multiple targets, cross-location restore, disaster recovery, migration, and file-level recovery via CLI.
• Virtual Desktops (VDI) Centralized virtual desktop infrastructure for secure remote access to Microsoft Windows 11 and Linux environments, with integrated identity, networking, storage, configurable profiles, single-use or dedicated sessions, and downloadable agents for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
• Portal & Billing (White-Label Cloud Portal) White-label cloud portal for MSP operations and customer self-service, including built-in billing and invoicing for usage-based metering, reseller onboarding, federation support, Octopus.cloud integration for Microsoft SPLA compliance, secure multi-tenancy with RBAC, resource quotas, pricing, cloud location assignment, and per-tenant audit logs.
• Meneja Control Plane Centralized cloud location manager for orchestrating and managing cloud infrastructure across multiple locations. Available as part of the managed service today and as standalone software (roadmap) for self-hosted deployment.
• Federation Federated cloud network connecting independent MSPs and partners, enabling cloud location sharing, workload portability, and capacity cooperation across the trusted ecosystem without central lock-in.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99.999% uptime demonstrated on Dutch Sovereign Cloud Platform
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability3 records

Feature12 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• DrutcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership for flexible GPU scaling. Drut provides dynamic GPU resource allocation for AI workloads on whitesky without statically dedicating GPUs to individual systems. Enables enterprises to allocate and scale GPU capacity based on actual demand for training and inference scenarios while maintaining isolation and control.
• MobitisupportingTechnology or IntegrationThird-party replication partner for virtual machine replication between whitesky cloud locations and between whitesky and other virtualization platforms. Used for disaster recovery architectures requiring controlled cutover and failover strategies.
• RackWaresupportingTechnology or IntegrationThird-party replication partner for virtual machine replication enabling cross-platform workload migration and disaster recovery. Supports replication between whitesky locations and other virtualization environments.
• Octopus.cloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration for Microsoft SPLA (Services Provider License Agreement) compliance. Octopus.cloud integration is fully built into the whitesky billing system for MSPs and SaaS providers offering Microsoft workloads, enabling compliant license reporting.
• Rancher (by SUSE)coreTechnology or IntegrationRancher Kubernetes management platform is integrated into Containerspaces for containerized application deployment and management. Provides automated Kubernetes cluster management on whitesky with support for multi-site deployments, geo-redundancy, and HA configurations.
• MinIOsupportingTechnology or IntegrationS3-compatible object storage client integration. MinIO client can be used to manage buckets and objects in whitesky Objectspaces, providing UNIX-like commands for storage management alongside portal-based access.
• CheckmksupportingTechnology or IntegrationInfrastructure monitoring integration. Checkmk monitoring system can be deployed across whitesky VMs for centralized host and service monitoring, log file monitoring, and automated monitoring management.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• OVHcloud: European cloud provider emphasizing data sovereignty, with hosted private cloud, public cloud, and bare-metal services comparable to whitesky's managed sovereign cloud offering. Both target EU customers concerned about hyperscaler data residency and provide IaaS, storage, and managed cloud services.
• Nutanix: Hyperconverged private/hybrid cloud platform directly named by whitesky as a comparable. Both run on customer-owned hardware, deliver enterprise-grade virtualization, storage, and Kubernetes, and target mid-market and enterprise workloads with a VMware-displacement storyline.
• VMware Cloud Foundation (Broadcom): Established private/hybrid cloud stack explicitly named in whitesky's competitive set. VMware's recent licensing model changes under Broadcom are creating the migration opportunity whitesky targets, and both solutions serve enterprise virtualization, networking, storage, and Kubernetes-adjacent workloads.
• OpenStack: Open-source cloud infrastructure stack that whitesky explicitly names as a comparable alternative. Both deliver foundational IaaS/compute/storage components, and OpenStack distributions target similar MSPs, enterprises, and telcos operating private clouds; whitesky positions its vanilla stack as a more productized, supportable alternative.
• Hetzner Cloud: German cloud provider offering low-cost VPS, dedicated servers, object storage, and managed services. While positioned more for SMB and developer workloads, the geographic base (Europe), sovereignty stance, and product overlap (cloud spaces, object storage, managed services) make it comparable.
• Scaleway: European cloud provider (Iliad group) competing on sovereignty and transparency with hosted Kubernetes, object storage, virtual servers, and bare-metal offerings. Like whitesky, Scaleway positions itself as a regulated-workload-friendly alternative to US hyperscalers.
• Proxmox VE: Open-source virtualization and container platform (KVM/LXC/Kubernetes) frequently cited as a VMware alternative. Like whitesky, Proxmox serves SMEs, MSPs, and education/government customers building private cloud infrastructures on their own hardware.
• Canonical (Charmed OpenStack / MicroCloud): Vendor behind Ubuntu, Charmed OpenStack, MicroCloud, and managed Kubernetes for sovereign private clouds. Targets the same MSP and enterprise buyers seeking an open-source, EU-deployable private cloud stack with enterprise support comparable to whitesky's offering.

Broad incumbents

• DigitalOcean: Public cloud provider offering VMs, object storage, managed Kubernetes, and developer-friendly services. While not European-sovereign and serving a broader SMB/developer segment, the product set (Droplets, Spaces, Kubernetes) and customer segments overlap partially with whitesky's SaaS and SMB enterprise customers.

Others

• Rancher (SUSE): Kubernetes management platform (now part of SUSE) integrated into whitesky's Containerspaces. SUSE/Rancher is both an ecosystem partner and an adjacent supplier in the sovereign private cloud stack, and broader SUSE Linux/Cloud offerings compete in similar verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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