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DeepSeek R1 (open weights, EU-hosted)

Sovereignty grade A (93/100). You control where it runs; no training on your data; self-hosted weights. DeepSeek, China.

Category
foundation-model
Countries
China
EU AI Act role
Deployer
Categories
Foundation model
Government access exposure
No non-EU government access
Deployments
Self-hosted weights

Details

Deployment
self-hosted-weights
Hq Country
China
Hq City
Hangzhou
Ownership
private
Founded
2023
Training Default
never
Residency Options
your-infrastructure, EU (via EU inference hosts)
Gov Access Exposure
none-eu
Eu Ai Act Role
deployer
DPA available
structurally-na
Zero Retention Available
Yes
Self Host Option
Yes
Retention Default
customer-controlled
Retention Exceptions
none — no vendor-side data flow (MIT-licensed weights)
Subprocessor Count
0
Transfer Mechanism
intra-eu
Eu Procurement Ready
pass
Eu Procurement Reason
Data flows pass entirely — same weights, zero PRC data flow. Conditional only because some orgs bar PRC-origin models by policy, not by data-protection law.
Last Policy Change
2025-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
Change Summary
R1 released as open weights (MIT), making sovereign self-hosting possible.
Prior Value
Hosted-only access.
Training Evidence Url
github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1
Training Claim Basis
inferred
Training Confidence
high
Residency Evidence Url
github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1
Residency Claim Basis
inferred
Residency Confidence
high
Retention Evidence Url
github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1
Retention Claim Basis
inferred
Retention Confidence
high
Subprocessors Claim Basis
inferred
Subprocessors Confidence
high
Residency Class
customer-controlled
Portability / Exit Path
open-weights-permissive
Subprocessor Jurisdiction
structurally-none

Change history

  1. Aug 3, 2026Eu Procurement Ready

    conditional → pass

  2. Aug 3, 2026Governance Grade

    A- → A

At a glance
Governance Grade
A
Governance Score
93
EC SOV-2 Legal & Jurisdictional (0-4)
3
EC SOV-3 Data & AI (0-4)
3
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