Legal Notice / Imprint
Last updated June 12, 2026 · Applies worldwide
This page identifies who operates DataCentersExposed and who is responsible for its content. It is provided to satisfy operator-identification and media-disclosure rules in the jurisdictions where we're read — including Germany's Impressum requirement (§ 5 Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz) and the responsibility-for-content rule for journalistic offerings (§ 18 Medienstaatsvertrag).
Operator & responsible person
- Service
- DataCentersExposed (datacentersexposed.com)
- Operated by
- Eric Keller (sole operator), United States
- Nature
- Independent, non-commercial, donation-funded transparency and journalism project. No ads, no paywall. Not a registered company; operated by an individual.
- Responsible for content
- Eric Keller — responsible for journalistic-editorial content within the meaning of § 18(2) MStV
- General contact
- [email protected]
- Legal & service
- [email protected]
- Postal address
- Available on request for valid legal service of process via the legal address above. As a one-person project we don't publish a home address, to protect the operator's safety; we respond promptly to legitimate legal correspondence.
Editorial responsibility
DataCentersExposed publishes facts aggregated from public records, each linked to its primary source and graded for confidence. Our standards, sourcing, and independence are documented in the methodology and ethics policy. Corrections are handled openly through the corrections log, and any company we cover has the same right to request a fix as any reader.
Data protection
For the purposes of the EU and UK GDPR, the data controller is Eric Keller. We collect almost no personal data and appoint no Article 27 representative on the basis of the low-risk exemption. Full details — legal bases, international transfers, retention, and how to exercise your rights or complain to a supervisory authority — are in the privacy policy.
Intellectual property & reuse
The database is offered under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0) and our prose under CC BY 4.0; details are on the data & licensing page. Copyright or other takedown requests follow the DMCA / takedown process.
Consumer dispute resolution
DataCentersExposed sells no goods or services. We are neither obliged nor willing to participate in dispute-resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board (Verbraucherschlichtungsstelle, § 36 VSBG). Accuracy disputes are resolved faster and more usefully through our corrections process.
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