European Sovereign Region

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Genesys Cloud European Sovereign Region (ESR) is an independent deployment of Genesys Cloud CX within the AWS European Sovereign Cloud in Brandenburg, Germany, designed specifically for public sector organizations and highly regulated industries requiring enhanced data sovereignty and residency controls within the European Union. The ESR ensures customer data is processed exclusively within the EU, with security operations and support managed by EU-based personnel, while maintaining physical and logical containment separate from other regional deployments. Genesys Cloud CX functions as an enterprise-grade cloud services suite providing secure omnichannel communication and contact center management across voice, text, and video conference channels. The platform integrates with existing call center systems, supports third-party integrations through the AppFoundry marketplace, and offers self-service tools including speech-enabled Interactive Voice Response (IVR), voice bots, and chat bots. The architecture employs a microservices-based design with API-first development, enabling rapid deployment and highly configurable components. The infrastructure is built on Amazon Web Services utilizing a distributed cloud environment with clusters deployed in active/active configurations across three Availability Zones within Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) for redundancy and security. Data protection leverages AWS native features for data in motion and at rest, including AWS Key Management Service, AWS Shield, AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF), AWS Transcribe, AWS Translate, and AWS Identity and Access Management. AWS manages physical infrastructure and network security while Genesys personnel remain restricted from accessing production environments. All core functionality operates within the ESR boundary; however, certain optional features and third-party integrations may process customer data outside the EU. Buy-at-Your-Own-Diligence (BYOD) optional features, AppFoundry third-party integrations, and external communication channels including email, SMS, and third-party messaging operate outside the ESR boundary and may process European Sovereign Data. The ESR aims to achieve feature parity with commercial regions, though customers retain responsibility for verifying that third-party integrations and external systems comply with organizational requirements.

Feature coming soon: Genesys Cloud European Sovereign Region

As of July 2026, the Genesys Cloud European Sovereign Region (ESR) is an independent deployment of Genesys Cloud CX within the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (ESC), which is located in Brandenburg, Germany. The ESC is designed for public sector organizations and businesses in highly regulated industries that require enhanced sovereignty controls, data residency, and operational autonomy within the European Union (EU).

Genesys Cloud ESR helps organizations strengthen data sovereignty and accelerate AI adoption, while benefiting from EU-based support and operations. Genesys Cloud ESR is an independent AWS cloud environment, separate from existing regions, such as Frankfurt, Dublin, London, or Zurich. It is physically and logically contained within the EU, with security operations and support managed by personnel located exclusively in the EU. Customer data (as defined in the Genesys Cloud Privacy Policy) will only be processed in the EU, backed by strong technical, and administrative access controls.

A goal of the ESR is to work toward feature parity with all other non-sovereign Genesys Cloud regions.

Scope of the European Sovereign Region

All core, non-optional functionality is contained within the scope of the region. Genesys personnel from outside the European Union will not access customer data in the scope of the ESR.

Functionality outside the scope of the European Sovereign Region

Customers should note that certain optional features and functionality will be outside the scope of the ESR and may process customer data outside the EU. These optional features are not necessary for operating Genesys Cloud. All of these optional features are considered Buy-at-Your-Own-Diligence (BYOD). BYOD features may be hosted outside AWS ESC or outside the EU and may process customer data.

Some solutions offered by Genesys and other companies through AppFoundry, a Genesys marketplace of integrations supported by the Genesys Cloud CX application, including products categorized as Genesys Apps, may meet customers’ organizational requirements for sovereignty. Customers are responsible for verifying that enabled integrations (supplied by Genesys or a third party) comply with such organizational requirements.

Customers may choose to use various interaction channels including email, SMS, and third-party messaging channels. Communications in these interaction channels occur outside the scope of the Genesys Cloud ESR.

Should customers choose to integrate Genesys Cloud with other third-party systems, such third-party systems and any data transferred thereto is outside the scope of the Genesys Cloud ESR.

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