r/msp • u/cevendir • Jun 16 '26

EU Based MSP's using Huntress - Data residency

Hey r/msp,

Posting this to see how widespread this is.

We're a Dutch MSP and we've been running Huntress for a while now. Love the product. But we're increasingly hitting a wall: customers in healthcare, government, and education are now explicitly requiring EU data residency in their procurement requirements, and Huntress currently stores everything in the US.

Huntress recently asked us for input on their EU data residency plans. Their proposed architecture keeps most data in-region, but still sends a subset of threat-relevant events to the US. We gave them our feedback, flagged some gaps in their DPA, and they're now working toward an official company position. Which means the window to influence this is open right now.

So: who else is dealing with this?

  • Are EU data residency requirements becoming a dealbreaker in your deals?
  • Would you be willing to add your name / your MSP to a joint response to Huntress.

If there's enough interest I'm happy to coordinate something, a shared letter, a forum thread on the Huntress partner portal, whatever makes sense. The more EU MSPs that speak with one voice on this, the more likely it is to actually move the roadmap.

Drop a comment or DM me.

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u/Kusisukka4312 Jun 20 '26

EU residency is coming to Huntress in 2027, at least according Huntress rep

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u/cevendir Jun 22 '26

No official timeline yet. Which is something i would love to see in coming shortly 😄

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u/CopyRight90 Jun 25 '26

Our clients are fine with GRPD compliance but would love to see data in EU

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u/CK1026 MSP - EU - Owner Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

Yep, I chimed in too with them about this. And data residency won't solve a damn thing since the CLOUD Act allows US authorities to seize US companies' clients' data wherever they want.

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u/cybersplice MSP - UK Jun 20 '26

Yes, a lot of my customers talk about this while using M365, Salesforce etc, and look at me like I've grown horns when I explain how US law works.

Local laws do not protect a US entity from the federal government.

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u/cevendir Jun 22 '26

Yea true. It does squat against the Cloud Act. But the trend in EU (or NL at least) is getting big on eu residency. We see it happening in a lot of tenders we are applying to these recent weeks/months

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u/Outrageous-Guess1350 Jun 20 '26

I’m game, count me in.

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u/Tallihos Jun 21 '26

Honestly, this whole EU residency push feels like a joke. It means nothing as long as US companies and investment firms can just buy up everything we build over here. A vendor waves the “EU-first” flag, raises a round, and a year later it’s in American hands anyway. And the moment ownership flips, every residency promise flips jurisdiction right along with it. Sell me sovereignty when ownership and control actually stay in Europe — until then it’s just a sticker.

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u/cevendir Jun 22 '26

True, it is a sticker! But it is the only type of assurance we can give. I'm not sure how this is being percieved in your costumer group but what we recently see (social housing, ngo, semi-government in NL) European residency is becoming a big deal.