Last Updated on November 21, 2025
DigitalOcean and its affiliates (including Cloudways) uses service subprocessors and other third-party services to provide DigitalOcean Services and Support as described below.
NOTE: The processing location is the customer’s selected region (when available as an option), the service provider’s location listed below and/or the location of the customer’s end users in accordance with use of the service
| DigitalOcean or Affiliate Service | Subprocessor | Processing Activity | Service Provider’s Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| All DigitalOcean Services | Amazon Web Services | Server back-ups and other infrastructure services | USA (WA) |
| Cloudflare | Platform Security Services | USA (CA) | |
| All Cloudways Services | Amazon Web Services | Server back-ups and other infrastructure services | USA (WA) |
| Blogvault | Website Migration | India (Bangalore) | |
| Immunify360 | Security services | USA (FL) | |
| Telesign | Security services | USA (CA) | |
| Traversal | Customer troubleshooting and support | USA (NY) | |
| Twilio | Security services | USA (CA) | |
| WPRemote | WordPress related services (QA services) | USA (CA) |
The below includes subprocessor add-ons as may be optionally selected by customers of DigitalOcean services.
| DigitalOcean or Affiliate Service | Optional Subprocessor | Processing Activity | Service Provider’s Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| All DigitalOcean Services | Aiven | DBaaS related services | Finland |
| Cloudflare | AppPlatform, Load Balancing, Content Delivery Network (CDN) Services | USA (CA) | |
| Galileo | AI Services (GradientAI) | USA (CA) | |
| Google (GCP) | DBaaS related services | USA (CA) | |
| LLM Models (refer to DigitalOcean Cloud Console for optional LLM service add-ons available) | AI services | Various, based on supplier | |
| MongoDB | DBaaS related services | USA (NY) | |
| Oracle | Storage services | USA (CA) | |
| Wasabi | Storage services (Cold Storage) | USA (MA) | |
| VAST | Storage services | USA (NY) | |
| All Cloudways Services | Brainstormforce Astra | WordPress related services (Theme builder) | India (Pune) |
| Cloudflare | Security services | USA (CA) | |
| DigitalOcean Droplets, Volumes, Spaces | Infrastructure; storage and offsite backup | USA (CO) | |
| DNS Made Easy | Security services | USA (VA) | |
| Elastic Email | Email services | Poland | |
| Elegant Themes | WordPress related services (Theme builder) | USA (CA) | |
| Google Cloud (GCP) | Infrastructure | USA (CA) | |
| Linode | Infrastructure | USA (PA) | |
| Mail Chimp | Email services | USA (GA) | |
| PayPal | Payment processing | USA (CA) | |
| Rackspace, Inc | Email services | USA (TX) | |
| Sendgrid | Email services | USA (CO) | |
| Stripe | Payment processing | USA (CA) | |
| Twilio | Security services | USA (CA) | |
| Vultr | Infrastructure | USA (FL) |
| DigitalOcean or Affiliate Service | Service Provider | Service Provided | Service Provider’s Location or Location of Services |
|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean Services | Data Center Services | Infrastructure | For more information, see here |
You may object to a Subprocessor by submitting your objection by email to privacy@digitalocean.com with the subject line “Subprocessor Objection,” along with your name, your User ID, the name of the DigitalOcean Subprocessor beign objected to, and the grounds for your objection (see the DigitalOcean Data Processing Addendum to the DigitalOcean Terms of Service for justifiable grounds).
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