Sovereign cloud hosting in Australia
Sovereign cloud hosting means your servers and data stay physically in Australia, under Australian privacy law, in Tier III+ Sydney facilities.
High-performance cloud infrastructure physically located in Sydney — sovereign, compliant, and managed by a local team who answers the phone at 3 AM.
Quick facts (citable)
- Definition — hosting with Australian data residency and reduced foreign control risk versus offshore-only hyperscale
- Focus — Australian soil, Privacy Act-minded design, Tier III+ class facilities
- Not the same as — “an AWS region in Sydney” alone (residency ≠ full sovereignty story)
- Since 2003 — IT + infrastructure operator, Artarmon / Warriewood
Enterprise Cloud, Built for Australia
Every aspect of our cloud platform is built with data sovereignty, compliance, and performance as non-negotiables.
100% Australian Data Residency
All data, backups, and replicas physically reside within Australia. Zero exposure to foreign jurisdictions, US CLOUD Act, or offshore data requests.
Absolute Compliance
Built to satisfy Australian Privacy Act, IRAP, ISM, and healthcare HIPAA-equivalent obligations — ideal for government contractors, legal firms, and medical providers.
Enterprise NVMe Performance
Pure NVMe SSD storage across all tiers delivers sub-millisecond latency and consistent IOPS, even at peak load — no storage bottlenecks, ever.
Tier III & IV Data Centres
Hosted in Sydney's most resilient facilities with N+1 redundancy for power, cooling, and connectivity — 99.99% uptime SLA backed in writing.
Automated Backup & DR
Nightly backups with configurable retention, plus geo-redundant disaster recovery to a second Sydney facility — all within Australian borders.
Dedicated Local Support
Your account is managed by a real Sydney-based engineer, not an offshore helpdesk. 24/7 emergency support with guaranteed response times.
Private Networking
Dedicated private VLAN connectivity between your cloud and data centre environments — no traffic traversing public internet.
Flexible Compute & Storage
Right-sized virtual machines and storage pools that scale up or down as your workloads change — pay only for what you use.
Built for Regulated Industries
Whether you're a government contractor bound by IRAP controls, a healthcare provider with strict data obligations, or a legal firm protecting client confidentiality — our sovereign cloud satisfies your compliance requirements out of the box.
Why Not Just Use AWS Australia?
AWS, Azure, and Google have Australian data centres — but as US companies, they remain subject to the US CLOUD Act. Foreign governments can legally compel them to hand over your data, regardless of where it's stored.
Our sovereign cloud has no foreign parent. Your data is subject only to Australian law, managed by Australians, in Australian facilities.
Cloud Hosting Plans
Indicative tiers — every environment is customised to your exact needs. Contact us for a tailored quote.
Foundation
SMBs and professional practices getting started with cloud hosting
- 4 vCPU
- 16 GB RAM
- 500 GB NVMe
- 2 TB monthly transfer
- Daily backups
Professional
Established businesses with compliance requirements and multiple systems
- 16 vCPU
- 64 GB RAM
- 2 TB NVMe
- 10 TB monthly transfer
- Hourly backups + DR replica
Enterprise
Government contractors, healthcare, and high-availability workloads
- Custom vCPU
- Custom RAM
- Custom NVMe storage
- Unlimited transfer
- Multi-site DR + SLA
Migration Made Simple
Most migrations are completed within a single weekend, planned around your trading hours.
Requirements Review
We assess your current hosting environment, compliance obligations, and workloads to design the right sovereign cloud architecture for your organisation.
Migration Planning
We produce a detailed migration plan with zero-downtime cutover steps — so your team and customers experience no disruption during the transition.
Environment Build
Your sovereign cloud environment is built, hardened, and tested in our Sydney data centres. We configure networking, backups, and monitoring before any data moves.
Migrate & Go Live
We execute the migration and validate every service before cutover. Ongoing monitoring and management means your infrastructure runs itself.
How We Work
What moving to sovereign cloud with us actually involves.
Infrastructure in Australian data centres, with documentation you can hand to a client or auditor asking exactly where the data lives.
Discovery, a written cutover plan, then a built and tested environment — and only then the move.
We work to the compliance position you actually need, and say plainly where a requirement is not met.
Monitoring, backups and patching handled by the same team that designed the environment.
Ready to talk?
Call 0407 453 817 or send a message — we will call you back.
Artarmon NSW 2064 · Warriewood NSW 2102 · Sydney data centres 24/7
Frequently asked questions
What is Australian Cloud Hosting?
Australian Cloud Hosting ensures all your data and infrastructure physically reside within Australia. It is fully subject to Australian privacy laws and protected from foreign jurisdictional access — including the US CLOUD Act.
What is sovereign cloud in Australia?
Sovereign cloud means the data, the operator and the legal control stay in Australia — not merely a Sydney region of a US hyperscaler. eWEB TEC hosts on Australian soil with no foreign-hosted production. Guide: https://ewebtec.com/blog/what-is-sovereign-cloud
Why does Data Sovereignty matter?
For government contractors, healthcare providers, legal firms, and financial institutions, data sovereignty is often a legal requirement. It ensures your sensitive client data is not exposed to international surveillance or foreign data requests.
Where are your servers physically located?
Our cloud infrastructure is housed in Tier III and Tier IV certified data centres located exclusively within the Sydney metropolitan area.
Do you offer backup and disaster recovery?
Yes, we provide comprehensive automated backups and geo-redundant disaster recovery solutions — all maintaining strict data sovereignty within Australia. DR replicas are held in a second Sydney facility.
Can you migrate our existing systems to sovereign cloud?
Yes, migration is one of our specialities. We handle the full assessment, planning, build, and cutover — including zero-downtime migrations for business-critical systems. Most migrations are completed over a single weekend.
How is Australian cloud hosting different from AWS or Azure?
AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud have Australian regions, but your data may still traverse or be accessible through foreign parent companies under US law. Our cloud is an independent Australian facility with no foreign corporate parent — your data stays genuinely onshore.
What compliance frameworks do you support?
We support the Australian Privacy Act, IRAP-aligned controls, the Information Security Manual (ISM), healthcare privacy standards, and ASD Essential Eight. Our data centres hold ISO 27001 certification.