About INGATE
Owner-managed since 2005 — your cloud boutique for enterprise infrastructure with a dedicated contact person.
The Cloud Boutique for Mid-Market Businesses
INGATE GmbH is an owner-managed partner for premium IT solutions headquartered in Augsburg, Germany. Since 2005, we have been supporting discerning companies across German-speaking regions with cloud solutions, bare metal servers, managed services and colocation at the highest level.
What drives us is a simple conviction: German mid-market businesses deserve enterprise-grade IT infrastructure — with a partner who excels not only in the quality of their solutions, but is also personally accessible. At INGATE, you don't speak with a call center, but with a technician who knows your environment.
While other providers have been acquired by private equity firms or transformed through mergers, INGATE has remained owner-managed to this day. This independence is no coincidence, but a deliberate decision: It guarantees continuity, accountability and the freedom to make decisions in the interest of our customers — not in the interest of investors.
Mission and Values
Our mission: Premium IT solutions with the technological power of a global player and the consulting quality of an owner-managed German company.
Sovereignty
No Cloud Act, no proprietary US dependencies. We rely on open-source technology (RedHat KVM/Ceph) and guarantee full data sovereignty under European law. Operations in ISO 27001 certified data centers.
Personal Touch
Every customer has a dedicated contact person who knows their environment. No ticket jungle, no anonymous service desk. In emergencies, you reach a competent contact 24x7 immediately.
Precision
Quality over quantity — exactly the resources you need, down to the gigabyte. No rigid packages, no hidden egress costs, no hidden fees. Cloud boutique instead of mass production.
Reliability
20 years without an outage in reachability. Proactive restore and failover testing is standard for us. We ensure that nothing goes wrong.
Management
Florian Alexander Lihl
Florian Alexander Lihl
Florian Alexander Lihl founded INGATE in 2005 with the vision of combining enterprise-grade infrastructure with personal service. As Managing Director, he is responsible for the strategic direction of the company and personally vouches for the quality of every customer relationship.
Under his leadership, INGATE has evolved from a regional colocation provider into an international infrastructure partner — with locations in Munich, Nuremberg, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Toronto. In an industry shaped by mergers and private equity takeovers, his leadership guarantees continuity and accountability.
Our Locations
INGATE operates a global infrastructure with a strong German core — for low latency and legal compliance.
Direct peering, lowest latency
Geo-redundancy for multi-AZ setups
DE-CIX connectivity
European hub
Cloud Act-free, German contracts
Global access to 72 metros in 33 countries
Certifications
INGATE is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified by British Assessment Bureau, a UKAS-accredited certification body. INGATE is also certified to ISO/IEC 27017:2015, the code of practice for information security in cloud services.
The certified information security management system covers all INGATE products and services: colocation, root servers, HA and GPU servers, public, private and hybrid cloud, network infrastructure and connectivity, data management and managed services. The Statement of Applicability excludes none of the controls in Annex A of ISO/IEC 27001.
ISO/IEC 27001:2022
Information security management system
- Certificate number
- 271818
- Valid until
- 12 October 2029
- Annual surveillance audits
- ✓
ISO/IEC 27017:2015
Information security for cloud services
- Certificate number
- 275421
- Valid until
- 12 October 2029
- Annual surveillance audits
- ✓
Verify independently: enter the certificate number on the British Assessment Bureau's verification page .
The accredited ISO/IEC 27001 certificate can also be verified via certcheck.ukas.com and IAF CertSearch .
In addition, the data centers we use hold their own certificates; our main location EMC Home of Data in Munich is certified to ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 50001 and DIN EN 50600, among others.
Why INGATE?
- 100% Data Sovereignty: German GmbH, strict European data protection law, no US Cloud Act. Owner-managed, without a foreign parent company.
- People Before Process: Dedicated contact person instead of a call center. 24x7 direct access to a technician who knows your environment.
- Transparent Costs: Granular billing in 1 GB/1 core increments, no hidden egress fees, no hidden charges.
- Certified Information Security: INGATE is certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and ISO/IEC 27017:2015. The data centers we use are certified to ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and DIN EN 50600.
- Toronto Hub: Cloud Act-free North American location with German contracts for export-oriented mid-market companies.
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