European bubble users / GAFAM and datas

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I would like to raise a strategic question regarding the current geopolitical and regulatory context between the EU and the United States, and how Bubble envisions the future in this environment.

With increasing discussions around higher taxes, trade friction, data sovereignty, and broader regulatory divergence between Europe and the US, how does Bubble anticipate the potential impact on its platform, pricing, infrastructure, and long-term roadmap?

More specifically:

  • How does Bubble view the risk of increased taxation, compliance costs, or regulatory constraints affecting European users?

  • What is Bubble’s position on ensuring that European users feel heard, protected, and reassured in this context?

  • Are there internal discussions or contingency plans to address a scenario where reliance on US-based infrastructure or companies becomes a growing concern for European clients?

For many years, the ability to host applications in Europe has consistently been among the top 3–5 requests from the community. Unless I am mistaken, this request has never been meaningfully addressed. In today’s increasingly tense environment, this topic feels more critical than ever, not only from a legal and regulatory standpoint, but also from a commercial and trust perspective.

As European Bubble builders, we are facing growing skepticism from our end clients, who are increasingly reluctant to depend on AWS, Bubble, or US-based products in general. This puts us in a difficult position when trying to justify long-term technical choices.

Given this context:

  • How should European Bubble developers realistically envision the future?

  • What guidance can Bubble provide to help us reassure our clients and stakeholders?

  • Is European hosting, or a clearer regional infrastructure strategy, something Bubble is willing to reconsider?

Even if not all of these questions can be fully answered today, clarity on Bubble’s vision and priorities would be extremely valuable for the European community.

Thank you in advance for engaging on this topic.

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Thank you for bringing up this topic.

We have been dealing with the same issue. For the past two years, we have been developing an idea built on Bubble, and the current political situation is worrying us. We rely on Bubble because I am still convinced of the quality and the infrastructure Bubble provides.

That is why it is also important to us that Bubble considers European users and offers the option of establishing a small presence in Europe—perhaps with one or two employees—through which the app could then be purchased. In theory, even a simple registered address in Europe would be sufficient.

However, we continue to hope for and trust in common sense and in secure, shared practices under GDPR—this is what we relied on when making the strategic decision to choose Bubble. AWS is also a very solid foundation; if data-location choices were available even in lower-tier plans, that would be something that could be communicated very well to app users in the future.

Thank You.

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I can only agree, its an important topic that Bubble should take just as seriously as mobile, AI, and other core capabilities, especially given how things have evolved over the last few months.

Looking at the broader market, providers like OpenAI and AWS are making big efforts to meet the increasing EU security and sovereignty expectations of European companies. I sincerely hope Bubble follows these developments closely and takes the necessary steps, if the goal is to attract EU companies and, most importantly, retain them long term.

Given the fact that Bubble is such a great plattform, the current approach to meeting GDPR requirements (on non-dedicated plans) in my view no longer meets the EU customer standards.

Here are a few recent updates on how other companies are addressing security customer expecations in the EU:

  1. OpenAI — “Introducing data residency in Europe” (Feb 2025): API customers can choose to process data in Europe for eligible endpoints; ChatGPT Enterprise/Edu can store customer content at rest in Europe.
  2. AWS — “Opening the AWS European Sovereign Cloud” (Jan 2026): AWS describes a physically and logically separate EU-based sovereign cloud, with the first region in Brandenburg, Germany.
  3. Microsoft — “Microsoft completes landmark EU Data Boundary” (Feb 2025): Announces completion of the EU Data Boundary, expanding which data types stay within EU/EFTA (including certain support-related data).
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