OVHcloud Named Top-Tier Software Vendor by APPS RUN THE WORLD in the APPS TOP 500 Market Report

OVHcloud Strengths, Domain Expertise, and Key Differentiators

OVHcloud is Europe’s cloud provider operating over 400,000 servers within 33 data centers across four continents. For 20 years, the Group has relied on an integrated model that provides complete control of its value chain: from the design of its servers to the construction and management of its data centers, including the orchestration of its fiber-optic network. This unique approach allows it to independently cover all the uses of its 1.6 million customers in more than 140 countries. OVHcloud now offers the latest generation solutions combining performance, price predictability, and total sovereignty over their data to support their growth in complete freedom.

OVHcloud Recent Developments

OVHcloud has advanced its cloud and AI offerings through the launch of AI Endpoints, a serverless platform that enables developers to integrate advanced AI capabilities—such as language processing, translation, and image recognition—without requiring AI expertise or infrastructure. The company strengthened its security framework by introducing free Identity and Access Management (IAM) features and expanded its database services through a partnership with Aiven, offering a broad range of Database-as-a-Service options suited for diverse applications. OVHcloud also bolstered its infrastructure portfolio with high-performance Bare Metal servers optimized for critical workloads like big data, virtualization, and archiving. Additionally, its collaboration with Google Cloud aims to support European organizations in digital transformation while ensuring strong data privacy and security standards.

OVHcloud Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Activities

OVHcloud has made strategic acquisitions to enhance its Platform as a Service (PaaS) capabilities and expand into key technology areas. It acquired ForePaaS, a unified platform specializing in data analytics, machine learning, and AI, with its team and founders joining OVHcloud to support the development of data-driven solutions. This move aligns with the company's goal of broadening its PaaS portfolio to meet growing market demand. In a separate acquisition, OVHcloud also integrated BuyDRM, a U.S.-based provider of digital rights management (DRM) security technologies, to strengthen its expertise in cloud security and enrich its overall service offering.

OVHcloud Customers in ARTW Customer Database

Leveraging a rigorous data-centric research methodology, APPS RUN THE WORLD asks the simple question: Who’s buying OVHcloud applications and why? And we provide the answers – supported by decades of research – to our clients around the world. Our Customer database has over 100 data fields that detail company usage of OVHcloud and other enterprise apps by function, customer size, industry, location, implementation status, partner involvement, Line of Business Key Stakeholders and IT decision makers contact details. List of Verified OVHcloud customers.

OVHcloud Key Enterprise and Cloud Applications

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OVHcloud serves over 1.6 million customers across approximately 140 countries, reflecting a broad international footprint. Its customer base spans a wide range of industries and includes both small and large enterprises. Notable clients include companies such as Carrefour S.A., Bouygues Construction, Castel Group, CEVA Logistics U.S., Ravensburger, Azadea Group, and Action Logement, as well as digital-native businesses like iLovePDF, Shockbyte, Swarm64, and SentiOne. This diverse portfolio demonstrates OVHcloud’s ability to support varied workloads, from traditional enterprise IT to cloud-native and data-intensive applications, across multiple geographies and industry verticals.

OVHcloud Market Opportunities, M&A and Geo Expansions

OVHcloud has actively pursued international expansion, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, to strengthen its global footprint and meet rising demand for cloud services. The company opened a second data center in Singapore, positioning it as its most environmentally sustainable facility in the region, and announced plans for a new site in Sydney. These developments support its broader goal of launching 15 new sites worldwide and reflect a commitment to delivering trusted, sovereign, and open cloud solutions closer to end users. Previous expansions in Mumbai and investments in local infrastructure, such as new offices and recruitment efforts in Singapore, further underscore this strategy. Additionally, OVHcloud's acquisition of BuyDRM has bolstered its cloud security capabilities, contributing to a more robust Platform as a Service (PaaS) portfolio to support customers across increasingly diversified markets

OVHcloud Risks and Challenges

OVHcloud remains relatively less recognized outside of Europe, which presents a challenge as it seeks to expand into more competitive global markets. Building brand awareness, establishing trust with non-European customers, and differentiating its offerings in regions dominated by established hyperscalers like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud will require sustained investment in marketing, partnerships, and localized services. Additionally, navigating regulatory environments and aligning with data sovereignty expectations in diverse regions will be critical for successful international growth.

OVHcloud Ecosystem, Partners, Resellers and SI

OVHcloud has expanded its AI solutions portfolio through collaboration with the NVIDIA Partner Network, introducing new GPU products as part of its strategic vision to support customer growth with accessible, innovative, and cost-effective AI tools. Emphasizing transparency, ethics, and data privacy, OVHcloud aims to foster a responsible AI ecosystem. In partnership with Serco, OVHcloud has also brought its AI technologies to the ONDA DIAS cloud platform for Earth Observation, with both companies exploring further collaboration in the European start-up space and sovereign SaaS solutions. Additionally, a partnership with Platform.sh has led to the integration of Web PaaS into OVHcloud’s portfolio, allowing development teams to focus on coding while OVHcloud manages the infrastructure. The company has also partnered with MongoDB to deliver a fully managed MongoDB-as-a-Service offering, enabling customers—especially in regulated sectors such as healthcare, finance, and government—to innovate securely while maintaining data sovereignty. In collaboration with Atos, OVHcloud supports global enterprises and public organizations in cloud transformation by offering trusted, sovereign cloud solutions, leveraging a joint network of over 130 data centers worldwide.

Research Methodology

Data used in research reports are derived from publicly available documents, continuous surveys of applications vendors, customers, resellers, Independent Software Vendors, systems integrators and other verifiable sources.

Vendor shares and market forecast results are based on a combination of existing databases as well as demand side and supply side research conducted throughout the year with validation from vendors, customers, channel partners and documentations such as earnings releases and 10Q and 10K filings, vertical industry studies, regional and country-level statistics from public and private institutions(i.e. colleges, universities, government agencies and trade associations).

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