OVHcloud is opening its first site in Ontario, supported by a CAD 145 million investment over the next 8 years, to address the growth and needs of its customers within a framework of extended trust.
Committed to advancing its new data center and fostering industrial innovations emblematic of its esteemed position as a trusted leader in cloud services, this investment initially entails the recruitment of a cadre of skilled professionals.
New Data Center in Canada
Located in Cambridge, Ontario, in the Ascent TOR1 hyperscale development, the OVHcloud data center is in the heart of one of North America's most dynamic innovation clusters, providing trusted cloud solutions that are meeting the heightened demands of Canadian businesses in terms of performance, resilience, and data governance.
This new data center has a surface area of 1,000 m2, a capacity of 10,000 servers and 2MW of power. Its vertically integrated model and the industrial scale-up of its water-cooling technology are major assets in guaranteeing an optimal performance-price ratio and a controlled environmental footprint, in line with the expectations of businesses that want to exercise full control over their digital assets.
"This new data center marks a major turning point in the history of OVHcloud in Canada, enabling our customers and businesses in the Toronto area to strengthen their infrastructure while retaining full control of their cloud journey, free from any form of technological or pricing lock-in. We're also looking forward to making a difference by continuing to innovate for a sustainable digital environment," said Estelle Azemard, Vice President Americas, OVHcloud.
How Companies Can Benefit
In an age of hybrid and multi-cloud strategies, the arrival of OVHcloud in the Toronto area offers a real alternative for companies wishing to diversify and consolidate their cloud infrastructure, based on trusted solutions that meet a variety of requirements.
Reduced visibility of the macro-economic context calls for the optimization of cloud spending, and OVHcloud meets this challenge with a pricing model that is predictable, has no hidden costs, charges no egress fees, and includes both inbound and outbound traffic.
Guaranteeing enhanced resilience, thanks to a multi-site footprint, this new data center is particularly well-suited to companies requiring a second, geographically-distant Canadian data centre to deploy their backup or disaster recovery solution. They can rely on the robustness of OVHcloud's own network, connected to several points of presence (PoPs) in Montréal and Toronto, and more than 40 worldwide.
It will also meet the growing demands of highly regulated industries, which are becoming increasingly intransigent about data sovereignty. Public services, healthcare, financial services, professional services, or telecommunications can count on OVHcloud's exemplary level of compliance with the highest industry certifications (ISO 27001-017-018, SOC 2 Type 2, CSA Star). Additionally, OVHcloud's solutions are completely immune to extraterritorial legislation, including the US Cloud Act.
