Where your data lives, stated plainly.
What runs where, what leaves the country, and what we haven’t verified yet. If any of it changes, this page changes first.
Updated
| What | Where | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Your running applications | GhanaProvider pending verification | Provider pending verification |
| Databases and bucket contents | GhanaProvider pending verification | Provider pending verification |
| Build and runtime logs | GhanaProvider pending verification | Provider pending verification |
| Backups | Ghana, on the same hostProvider pending verification | Provider pending verification |
| Prompts to external AI models | Outside GhanaPersonal details removed first, once Veil ships | Personal details removed first, once Veil ships |
Where does Dekka run my application?
In Dekka’s Ghana region. During the pilot that is a single server rented from a hosting provider in Ghana.
We’re still confirming that provider’s legal entity, data centre and administrative access, so the dashboard marks the region as pending verification. We’ll name the provider here once that’s done.
Where are databases and buckets stored?
On the same host as the applications that use them. Database files and bucket objects aren’t copied anywhere else during the pilot.
Where do backups go?
To the same host in Ghana as the database they back up. PostgreSQL is backed up daily, and volumes when you ask.
A backup on the same host doesn’t survive the loss of that host, so keep your own copy of anything you can’t lose. When backups move to a second location, this page will name it first, because a database in Ghana with backups abroad isn’t Ghana-only.
Does any of my data leave Ghana?
Your application’s data and logs stay on that host in Ghana. Two things can leave: requests your own code makes to services abroad, and prompts you send to external AI models.
Dekka’s own account records, such as your name, email address and project settings, are kept apart from your application data. During the pilot they may be hosted outside Ghana, and we’ll publish where before paid plans open.
What happens to AI requests?
They go to the model provider you choose, which processes them where it hosts the model. Today that is outside Ghana.
The AI Gateway will let a project restrict which providers and regions it may use, and Veil will remove personal details before a prompt leaves. A request that can’t follow the rules will be refused instead of quietly sent elsewhere.
Is data residency the same as data sovereignty?
No. Residency is where data is stored and processed. Sovereignty also covers who controls it and which laws and authorities can reach it.
A server in Ghana run by a company subject to another country’s laws gives you residency without full sovereignty. That’s why Dekka records who operates each piece of infrastructure as well as where it is.
Who can access my data?
A small number of Dekka operators, when they need to for support or security, with that access restricted and logged. The hosting provider has physical access to the server.
Does Ghanaian law require my data to stay in Ghana?
Not as a general rule. Ghana’s Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843) governs how personal data is processed, and some sectors have their own requirements.
Whether your data must stay in Ghana depends on what it is and the rules that apply to you, so take legal advice for your situation. Dekka hasn’t been certified against any standard yet and doesn’t claim to be.
Questions about your own data?
Talk to us in the pilot