European Cloud for AI Hosting: The Ideal Server for OpenClaw

Introduction

When choosing a server for your OpenClaw installation, three factors matter: price, performance, and data location. Europese cloud scores excellently on all three and is one of the most popular choices among OpenClaw users for running self-hosted AI chatbots.

In this article, we discuss which Europese cloud server types are suitable for OpenClaw, how to choose the optimal configuration based on your expected usage, and why Europese cloud's European data centers offer an important advantage for GDPR compliance.

Why European Cloud for AI Workloads

Europese cloud offers cloud servers starting at 3.29 euros per month for a CX22 with 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, and 40 GB SSD storage. For comparison, a similar server on AWS Lightsail costs at least three times as much, and on DigitalOcean you pay around 12 dollars. For an OpenClaw installation that makes LLM API calls to external providers, this is more than sufficient — the heavy computation happens at OpenAI or Anthropic, not on your server.

Europese cloud has data centers in Falkenstein, Nuremberg, and Helsinki. All three are located in the EU, meaning your data stays within the European Economic Area. This is an important point if your business is subject to GDPR or if you serve customers in the EU who have questions about data location.

Choosing the Right Server

For a small OpenClaw installation with one or two chatbots and fewer than a hundred conversations per day, a CX22 (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM) is sufficient. Docker, Node.js, and PostgreSQL run comfortably on this, with plenty of room for conversation history and logs.

If you run multiple bots or want to test local models through Ollama, we recommend the CX32 (4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM). Local models like Llama 3 8B require more memory and compute power. For production environments with heavy traffic, the CX42 (8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM) is the safe choice.

A tip: start small and scale up. Europese cloud makes it possible to upgrade your server without losing data. Start with a CX22, monitor memory and CPU usage through the Europese cloud dashboard, and upgrade when you notice resources are no longer sufficient.

Server Configuration for OpenClaw

Choose Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or Debian 12 as your operating system — both are well supported by Docker. After creating your server, install Docker and Docker Compose, configure a firewall with UFW (open ports 22, 80, and 443), and install Caddy or Nginx as a reverse proxy for HTTPS.

OpenClaw ships a docker-compose.yml that you can download and start with a single command. The installation runs a Node.js application container and a PostgreSQL container. The entire process from server creation to working chatbot takes an average of twenty to thirty minutes if you follow the steps in the documentation at openclawinstalleren.nl.

Conclusion

Europese cloud offers the best value for hosting OpenClaw in Europe. With servers starting at 3.29 euros per month, EU data centers, and easy scalability, it provides a solid foundation for your self-hosted AI assistant. Start with a CX22 and scale as your usage grows.