OVHcloud is a global cloud provider with European roots that delivers infrastructure and platform services through Bare Metal Cloud, Hosted Private Cloud, Public Cloud, and Web Cloud. Its portfolio centers on dedicated servers, hosted private cloud, and public cloud services for organizations that want performance, control, and open standards across their infrastructure.
The company operates a vertically integrated model, designing and running its own servers, data centers, and backbone network. That approach underpins OVHcloud’s emphasis on data control, reversibility, interoperability, predictable economics, and sustainable infrastructure operations. OVHcloud supports workloads ranging from web hosting and business applications to containerized platforms, data services, and AI initiatives.
Offerings, Capabilities, and Integrations
OVHcloud’s capabilities span compute, storage, networking, virtualization, containers, databases, AI and machine learning, observability, identity, and security services. It combines self-service infrastructure with managed services so customers can choose between direct control of resources and higher-level operational support.
Its platform is designed for hybrid and multicloud use. Customers can connect dedicated, private, and public environments over private networking, automate deployments through APIs and Terraform, use S3-compatible storage interfaces, and federate access through external identity providers. OVHcloud’s positioning is built around workload portability, open technologies, and reduced dependence on proprietary lock-in.
Products and Services
- Dedicated Servers: Bare metal servers for performance-sensitive, customizable, or regulated workloads, with built-in anti-DDoS protection, private networking options, and direct control over the software stack.
- VPS: Virtual private servers for websites, applications, development environments, and smaller production workloads that need a simpler entry point than dedicated hardware.
- Public Cloud: OpenStack-based public cloud services for on-demand compute, storage, networking, containers, databases, and AI workloads with API-driven provisioning.
- VMware on OVHcloud: Hosted private cloud based on VMware for enterprise virtualization environments, delivered on managed infrastructure with dedicated or shared host options.
- Nutanix on OVHcloud: Hosted private cloud offering that combines Nutanix Cloud Platform software with Nutanix-qualified OVHcloud infrastructure for hybrid cloud and disaster recovery scenarios.
- Managed Kubernetes Service: Fully managed Kubernetes control plane integrated with OVHcloud compute, storage, load balancing, and private networking for containerized applications.
- Object Storage: S3-compatible object storage for backups, archives, data lakes, and application content, with multiple availability and storage class options.
- Logs Data Platform: Managed log collection, storage, and visualization service for monitoring, analysis, and broader observability use cases.
- AI Notebooks: Managed Jupyter and VS Code notebook environments with attached CPU or GPU resources and preconfigured machine learning frameworks.
- Managed Databases: Portfolio of fully managed database services within Public Cloud projects, designed to simplify deployment, operations, and integration with other OVHcloud services.
- AI Training: Managed service for training machine learning and deep learning models on CPU and GPU infrastructure.
- AI Deploy: Managed environment for deploying AI models and applications with CPU or GPU resources and high-availability options.
- Managed Rancher Service: Centralized managed platform for administering Kubernetes clusters across OVHcloud, other cloud environments, and on-premises infrastructure.
- Managed Private Registry: Managed Harbor-based private registry for container images and Helm charts with IAM integration and CI/CD support.
Target Customers
OVHcloud serves a broad mix of digital-native companies, small and midsize businesses, large enterprises, and public sector organizations. Its infrastructure appeals to customers running business-critical applications, regulated workloads, data-intensive platforms, and cloud-native environments that require a combination of control, transparency, and cost discipline.
The company also targets startups, managed service providers, and channel partners that want to build, operate, or resell services on OVHcloud infrastructure. Developers, platform teams, and data specialists are a natural fit for its API-driven Public Cloud, container, database, observability, and AI services.
Cloud Integrations and Marketplace
- AWS: OVHcloud Object Storage supports S3-compatible APIs and AWS-oriented tooling, including AWS CLI workflows and storage class mapping for easier integration with existing object storage processes.
- Microsoft Azure: OVHcloud supports federation with Microsoft Entra ID through SAML SSO, allowing organizations to integrate OVHcloud account access with Azure-based identity management.
- Google Cloud: OVHcloud has a Google Cloud partnership centered on Anthos-based hosted private cloud and broader multicloud use cases for organizations that want Google technologies on OVHcloud infrastructure.
Key People
- Octave Klaba: Founder, Chairman and CEO
- Stéphanie Besnier: Chief Financial Officer
- Yaniv Fdida: Chief Product & Technology Officer
- Axel Mac Namara: Chief Customer Officer
- Solange Viegas Dos Reis: Chief Legal Officer
- Line Cadel: Chief Human Resources Officer
- Georges de Gaulmyn: Chief Industrial Officer
- Mathieu Delobelle: Chief Information Officer
- Dominique Michiels: Chief Service Delivery Officer
- Bruno Ronsse: Chief Revenue Officer Corporate
Key Facts
- Headquarters: Roubaix, France
- Employees: 3,000+
- Annual Revenue: €1.0846B
- Parent Company: None
- Subsidiaries: More than 40 subsidiaries, including OVH Holding US Inc., OVH US LLC, OVH Data US LLC, Holding OVH Canada Inc., OVH Infrastructures Canada Inc., OVH GmbH, gridscale GmbH, and OVHcloud DC Netherlands B.V.
- Publicly Listed: Euronext Paris (ticker: OVH)
Analyst Recognitions
- Forrester: 2020 Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Hosted Private Cloud Services In Europe, Q2 2020. 2020 Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Hosted Private Cloud Services In North America, Q2 2020.
- IDC: 2025 Major Player in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Public Cloud Infrastructure as a Service 2025 Vendor Assessment. 2024 Major Player in IDC MarketScape: European Public Cloud IaaS 2024 Vendor Assessment.
