en.Wedoany.com Reported - Scality and OVHcloud have jointly launched a storage platform designed for European digital sovereignty needs, enabling organizations to control sensitive data without relying on US hyperscale cloud providers, while meeting the performance and resilience requirements of demanding AI workloads.
The solution offers multiple deployment options, including a 100% dedicated sovereign cloud, on-premises deployment via the OVHcloud Private Cloud Platform (OPCP), and support for backup replication across multiple availability zones (multi-AZ). This partnership aims to address two key business needs: maintaining control over sensitive data under increasingly stringent regulatory environments, and providing private infrastructure to support intensive artificial intelligence workloads.
Currently, organizations in digital transformation face a paradox: they desire the agility of the cloud but are reluctant to expose critical data to foreign jurisdictions. This issue is particularly acute in healthcare, finance, defense, and public services, which are governed by regulations such as the European GDPR, DORA, NIS2, and the US HIPAA, requiring data localization and full control over information assets.
The combination of Scality and the OVHcloud OPCP solution directly addresses this challenge. Scality RING and Scality ARTESCA provide large-scale, resilient, S3-compatible object storage that can be deployed directly on customer on-premises infrastructure. OPCP adds cloud-native orchestration, a managed service catalog, and deployment automation capabilities, all built on facilities independent of foreign public cloud providers. Beyond the on-premises deployment layer, the partnership extends to offering dedicated storage solutions on OVHcloud bare metal infrastructure through the HGR-STOR series. This enables organizations to easily deploy off-site backups with private S3 compatibility and integration with cyber resilience tools like Veeam and Commvault, with all services directly hosted by OVHcloud. A key advantage is the guarantee of 100% dedicated servers, with no resource sharing with other customers, providing predictable performance and maximum isolation. Furthermore, the solution supports robust business continuity plans (BCP), enabling controlled failover to OVHcloud infrastructure in the event of a disaster or primary site outage. For end users, the result is a modern, seamless, sovereign cloud experience with predictable costs and without the legal risks associated with US hyperscale cloud providers.
Artificial intelligence requires massive amounts of data and computing power, along with stringent demands for low latency and confidentiality. Training models or performing inference on critical data such as medical records, financial transactions, and industrial telemetry requires processing where the data resides. The combined Scality and OVHcloud OPCP platform meets this need end-to-end. Scality's high-performance object storage is compatible with direct GPU attachment and optimized for AI data pipelines, integrating natively with OPCP's managed on-premises infrastructure. Organizations can train models, run MLOps pipelines, and deploy AI applications in near real-time within their own environment, without sacrificing data security or regulatory compliance.
Emilio Roman, Chief Revenue Officer at Scality, stated that OVHcloud and Scality share the belief that sovereignty is not an obstacle to innovation, but a prerequisite. By combining their high-performance object storage with the OPCP platform, enterprises can scale AI projects without sacrificing control over their data. Sylvie Houliere Mayca, General Manager for France, Benelux, Middle East, and Africa at OVHcloud, noted that the OVHcloud OPCP platform was designed from the outset to allow software vendors and their customers to enjoy cloud capabilities wherever needed. Scality is a trusted partner for high-performance storage solutions, and together they provide sovereign infrastructure supported by OVHcloud's over 25 years of expertise, ready for AI.
