Unpacking Europe’s Cloud Landscape

In this special season finale of Cloudscapes, we’re joined by Arno Schäfer, CEO of UpCloud, for an in-depth conversation about his first six months leading the company and his vision for the future of cloud infrastructure in Europe.

How do you build a messaging platform capable of handling millions of SMS, emails, and RCS messages without latency or downtime? In this deep dive, Thomas Wahlberg (CTO of Quriiri) breaks down the infrastructure required to scale business messaging globally while maintaining strict GDPR compliance and security.

Is it possible to build a profitable SaaS without feeding your data to US hyperscalers? In this episode, Niels Kersic (Founder, mosa.cloud) reveals how he built a fully sovereign, open-source collaboration platform that rivals the giants, without the privacy nightmares.

Johannes Holvitie (CTO, Oiva Health) reveals the infrastructure strategy behind one of Europe’s leading digital care platforms. We break down the technical and legal realities of storing sensitive patient data in 2025.

Kubernetes has won the orchestration war, but are your developers drowning in complexity? In this episode, Hijmen Fokker (Pionative) argues that the future of Cloud Native isn’t about managing clusters, it’s about Platform Engineering and abstracting the infrastructure away.

The minds behind Hack The Box, Thiseas Meggos (VP of Infrastructure) and Gerasimos Marketos (SVP of Product), reveal the architecture that powers the world’s largest ethical hacking community.

In this episode of Cloudscapes, we are joined by Tim Terreur COO at Hosted Power to explore the key considerations that modern businesses should weigh when evaluating their hosting options.

We’re joined by Lauri Kainulainen from Montel Intergalactic to explore how modern cloud migration is evolving — and why more companies are shifting from complex, DIY setups to streamlined, managed environments.