OVHcloud, a global player and European cloud leader, has announced an important step in its development in Europe with the opening of a new datacentre in the Milan region. This investment strengthens OVHcloud’s presence in Southern Europe and illustrates the Group’s rapid growth internationally.
Benjamin Revcolevschi, CEO of OVHcloud, says: “We are very pleased to announce the opening of our 44th datacentre in the world and our first in Italy. This extension of our cloud infrastructure is part of a broader strategy for deployment in Europe and internationally.”
First datacentre in Italy and first 3A-Z region outside of France
With 26 datacenters in Europe, this new site further strengthens OVHcloud's foothold in Europe. This location is a key part of OVHcloud's forthcoming Availability Zone (3-AZ) in the Lombardy region.
OVHcloud offers several deployment models providing different levels of resilience, availability, performance and latency. Among these deployment options is the 3-AZ model, which consists of three datacenters located within a few kilometers of each other, each with separate power supplies and network connections. This highly redundant infrastructure offers maximum resilience and a high level of security.
Scheduled for end of year 2025, the 3-AZ region of Milan will offer highly secure public cloud services. This will support intensive organizational use cases, especially in highly regulated sectors such as finance, health and public administration.
Accelerating global expansion
The opening of the new datacentre in Italy completes a series of international deployments including dedicated facilities in Mumbai, Toronto and Sydney.
Furthermore, in 2024, OVHcloud began deploying Local Zones on a global scale, offering public cloud environments as close as possible to customers, guaranteeing agility and flexibility. With 28 Local Zones now open around the world, the Group has invested €1 billion in growth capex for products and infrastructure since its initial public offering in 2021. This has notably resulted in the opening of ten additional datacentres since 2021, designed to meet the complex needs of customers internationally while also offering unparalleled data residency.
OVHcloud will continue to open additional Local Zones and 3-AZ regions around the world, including presence in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region. In 2026, OVHcloud will open new Local Zones in cities including Bogota, Tallinn and Johannesburg.
“Our ambition is to support the digital transformation of public and private organizations, in Europe and around the world, by providing them with a secure, sustainable sovereign cloud that is compliant with local regulations,” concluded Revcolevschi.
