Scality, a global leader in data infrastructure software for the AI era, and OVHcloud, a global cloud provider and European cloud leader, today announced an expanded technology partnership and a new joint storage platform built for European digital sovereignty. The solution gives organizations full control over sensitive data, with no dependency on U.S. hyperscalers, while delivering the performance and resilience required for the most demanding AI workloads. Deployment options include a 100% dedicated sovereign cloud and on-premises via the OVHcloud OPCP platform.
Scality and OVHcloud partner on sovereign storage platform for AI workloads.
No dependency on U.S. hyperscalers with full data control.
Deployment options: dedicated sovereign cloud and on-premises via OPCP.
Scality RING and ARTESCA provide S3-compatible object storage.
Guarantee of 100% dedicated servers with no resource sharing.
Solution addresses GDPR, DORA, NIS2, and HIPAA compliance.
Today, digital transformation faces a contradiction: organizations want the agility of the cloud but cannot afford to expose critical data to foreign jurisdictions. This challenge is particularly acute in healthcare, finance, defense, and public services, where strict regulations such as European GDPR, DORA, NIS2, and HIPAA require data localization and complete control. The combination of Scality and OVHcloud OPCP solutions directly addresses this challenge. Scality RING and Scality ARTESCA provide massive, resilient, S3-compatible object storage deployed directly on the customer's on-premises infrastructure. OPCP adds cloud-native orchestration, a managed services catalog, and deployment automation.
Artificial intelligence requires vast amounts of data and computing power, but it is equally demanding in terms of latency and confidentiality. Training models or performing inference on mission-critical data requires processing it where it resides. The joint Scality-OVHcloud OPCP platform addresses this need end-to-end. Scality's high-performance object storage, which is GPU-direct compatible and optimized for AI data pipelines, integrates natively with OPCP's managed on-premises infrastructure. Organizations can train models, run MLOps pipelines, and deploy AI applications in near real time directly within their own environments.
Emilio Roman, Chief Revenue Officer at Scality, stated: "OVHcloud and Scality share the same conviction: sovereignty is not a barrier to innovation — it is the prerequisite. By combining our high-performance object storage with the OPCP platform, we empower companies to scale their AI projects without ever sacrificing control over their data."
Sylvie Houliere Mayca, Managing Director France Belux & MEA at OVHcloud, added: "The OVHcloud OPCP platform was designed so that software vendors and their customers can benefit from the power of the cloud wherever they need it: on their own premises. Scality is the natural and recognized partner for high-performance storage solutions for the most critical data. Together, we provide a sovereign infrastructure backed by more than 25 years of OVHcloud expertise and ready for AI."
The offering extends to a dedicated storage offering on OVHcloud Bare Metal infrastructure through the HGR-STOR range, enabling organizations to easily deploy off-site backups with private S3 compatibility. A key advantage is the guarantee of 100% dedicated servers, with no resource sharing with other customers, providing predictable performance and maximum isolation. It also supports a robust business continuity plan by enabling controlled failover to OVHcloud infrastructure in the event of a disaster or primary site outage.
About Scality
Scality builds data infrastructure software for enterprise AI, cyber resilience, and sovereign control at multi-petabyte to exabyte scale. Its platform aligns the right storage media, performance, protection, and economics to each workload and data stage through media-aware lifecycle management governed by human-approved policies. Recognized as a leader by Gartner, Scality is where AI remembers, learns, and thinks.
About OVHcloud
OVHcloud is a global cloud provider and Europe's leading cloud company, operating more than 500,000 servers across 46 data centers on four continents, serving 1.6 million customers in over 140 countries. A pioneer of trusted and sustainable cloud services with an industry-leading performance-to-price ratio, the Group has relied for more than 20 years on a vertically integrated model that gives it complete control of its value chain.
