OVH storms the global cloud with the opening of 3 new data centers
The French star of web hosting and cloud computing OVH accelerates its offensive internationally by opening datacenters in Poland, Australia and Singapore. And it's not over ! Its expansion plan plans to open 7 more data centers in 6 other countries by the end of 2017.
"We want to become the leading European player in cloud computing ". Octave Klaba, founder, president and CTO of OVH, does not hide his ambitions. At its annual event OVH Summit, which gathered on October 11, 2016 in Paris some 2500 people among its customers and partners, it announced the opening of three new data center sites: one in Warsaw, Poland, one in Sidney, in Australia, and one in Singapore. And the French star of web hosting and cloud computing, which has just crossed the bar of a million customers, does not intend to stop there. By the end of 2017, it plans to open seven new sites in six other countries: Germany , the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy , the Netherlands and the United States .
AN INVESTMENT OF 1.5 BILLION EUROS IN 5 YEARS
Until now, OVH was present in only two countries: in France with four sites (Roubaix, Strasbourg, Paris and Gravelines) and in Canada with one site (Montreal), with a total of 250,000 servers. The expansion of its global data center network is part of an investment plan of 1.5 billion euros over five years. The initial plan provided for the opening of 12 sites in 11 countries. " We are executing our plan according to a 12-month roadmap," explains Laurent Allard, the company's CEO, " We are adjusting our plan to new market opportunities." We have not chosen at this stage the other locations. our future datacenters, we may open more than 12 sites by 2020. "
The focus on Europe, with seven countries covered by 2017, underlines OVH's European anchoring. With the ambition to be the alternative to the American giants of cloud computing like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft or Google who are also expanding their datacenters networks on the Old Continent. But OVH does not forget the United States, which is the largest cloud market in the world. "We have a great opportunity ahead of us there,"says Klaba, "and we're doing everything we can to take advantage of it. "
30% GROWTH PER YEAR
That's why OVH plans to open two sites across the Atlantic: one on the East Coast, Virginia , with a capacity of 80,000 servers, the other on the West Coast, in Washington State or the United States. Oregon. Octave Klaba relies on the business networks of its two new investors, US funds KKR and Towerbrook, to help it penetrate this market, heavily locked by the "Big Four" of the cloud that are Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, IBM and Google. This is one of the reasons that led him to open about 20% of the company's capital.
Based in Roubaix, OVH now has 1300 employees and posted sales of 320 million euros for the fiscal year ended August 2016, up 30% over the previous year. Presented so far in the hosting of websites, telecoms and cloud infrastructure, the company took advantage of its 2016 event to announce the launch of a new mobile app hosting activity. Its development plan plans to break the € 1 billion turnover mark in 2020. According to Octave Klaba and Laurent Allard, it has been profitable since the beginning of the adventure in 1999 and will remain so despite its plan. aggressive investment by 2020.
"We want to become the leading European player in cloud computing ". Octave Klaba, founder, president and CTO of OVH, does not hide his ambitions. At its annual event OVH Summit, which gathered on October 11, 2016 in Paris some 2500 people among its customers and partners, it announced the opening of three new data center sites: one in Warsaw, Poland, one in Sidney, in Australia, and one in Singapore. And the French star of web hosting and cloud computing, which has just crossed the bar of a million customers, does not intend to stop there. By the end of 2017, it plans to open seven new sites in six other countries: Germany , the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy , the Netherlands and the United States .
AN INVESTMENT OF 1.5 BILLION EUROS IN 5 YEARS
Until now, OVH was present in only two countries: in France with four sites (Roubaix, Strasbourg, Paris and Gravelines) and in Canada with one site (Montreal), with a total of 250,000 servers. The expansion of its global data center network is part of an investment plan of 1.5 billion euros over five years. The initial plan provided for the opening of 12 sites in 11 countries. " We are executing our plan according to a 12-month roadmap," explains Laurent Allard, the company's CEO, " We are adjusting our plan to new market opportunities." We have not chosen at this stage the other locations. our future datacenters, we may open more than 12 sites by 2020. "
The focus on Europe, with seven countries covered by 2017, underlines OVH's European anchoring. With the ambition to be the alternative to the American giants of cloud computing like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft or Google who are also expanding their datacenters networks on the Old Continent. But OVH does not forget the United States, which is the largest cloud market in the world. "We have a great opportunity ahead of us there,"says Klaba, "and we're doing everything we can to take advantage of it. "
30% GROWTH PER YEAR
That's why OVH plans to open two sites across the Atlantic: one on the East Coast, Virginia , with a capacity of 80,000 servers, the other on the West Coast, in Washington State or the United States. Oregon. Octave Klaba relies on the business networks of its two new investors, US funds KKR and Towerbrook, to help it penetrate this market, heavily locked by the "Big Four" of the cloud that are Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, IBM and Google. This is one of the reasons that led him to open about 20% of the company's capital.
Based in Roubaix, OVH now has 1300 employees and posted sales of 320 million euros for the fiscal year ended August 2016, up 30% over the previous year. Presented so far in the hosting of websites, telecoms and cloud infrastructure, the company took advantage of its 2016 event to announce the launch of a new mobile app hosting activity. Its development plan plans to break the € 1 billion turnover mark in 2020. According to Octave Klaba and Laurent Allard, it has been profitable since the beginning of the adventure in 1999 and will remain so despite its plan. aggressive investment by 2020.
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