OpenNebula and OVHcloud Forge Partnership to Deliver Sovereign Cloud in Europe
February 1, 2026
In a significant move for Europe's digital autonomy, OpenNebula Systems and OVHcloud have announced a strategic collaboration to deliver sovereign cloud services. This partnership directly addresses growing regulatory and security demands from European public and private organizations seeking to keep sensitive data and operations within the region's legal jurisdiction, away from the influence of non-European cloud giants. The alliance will see the integration of OpenNebula's open-source cloud management platform with OVHcloud's extensive European infrastructure. As part of the Hosted OpenNebula Cloud - Ready Certification Program, the companies will offer certified sovereign cloud instances hosted on OVHcloud's infrastructure across multiple European locations. These deployments are designed for high-performance bare-metal servers, featuring automated provisioning and self-service options, and can be integrated with private, hybrid, or edge environments to enable flexible multi-cloud architectures. OVHcloud brings substantial scale to the partnership, operating a global network of approximately 46 data centers across four continents, with a strong European footprint in countries like France, Germany, Italy, and Poland. The company also maintains local zone edge locations in 28 metropolitan areas worldwide, enhancing the potential reach of the sovereign offering. Executives from both companies emphasized the strategic importance of the deal. "This collaboration with OVHcloud is a concrete step toward making sovereign cloud a practical reality in Europe," said Alexander Sergunin, global partner manager at OpenNebula Systems. He noted that it enables organizations to build secure hybrid cloud environments "fully based on European software and services." John Gazal, VP of southern Europe at OVHcloud, added, "The collaboration with OpenNebula Systems is perfectly aligned with OVHcloud’s mission to offer fully sovereign cloud options for European organisations without compromising performance, flexibility, or interoperability thanks to open source." The partnership signals a strengthening of the European sovereign cloud ecosystem. OpenNebula is already coordinating the Virt8ra initiative, a multi-provider edge cloud project involving several other European firms. For OVHcloud, this follows recent expansions like a new German availability zone and the launch of an AI inferencing service. Together, the collaboration provides a credible, open-source-based alternative for entities prioritizing data sovereignty, potentially influencing procurement decisions across the continent's government and enterprise sectors. Source: datacenterdynamics
