Colt Technology Services, a digital infrastructure company, announced a partnership with OVHcloud, a global and European leader in cloud services. This partnership aims to provide public and private cloud services to business customers in over 140 countries.

The collaboration will offer businesses the security and flexibility of Colt's Dedicated Cloud Access connectivity, combined with the data protection features of OVHcloud's cloud services available through OVHcloud Connect.

Expanding Cloud Connectivity

OVHcloud operates over 450,000 servers in 43 data centers, serving 1.6 million customers across four continents. The company focuses on offering sustainable cloud services with a high performance-to-price ratio, providing solutions that combine performance, predictable pricing, and complete data sovereignty.

Colt provides connectivity to OVHcloud through eight points of presence in Europe and one in Singapore. This connectivity allows businesses to access OVHcloud services from Colt's extensive last-mile footprint, which includes over 32,000 connected buildings and 1,200 data centers globally.

Colt offers various cloud connectivity options, including SD WAN, Ethernet, Wave, IPVPN, and its On Demand network-as-service. Colt’s Dedicated Cloud Access ensures secure connectivity with optimal latencies and full bandwidth guarantees.

“We are delighted to work with Colt and offer OVHcloud services and solutions to even more customers throughout the world,” said Yaniv Fdida, Chief Product and Technology Officer OVHcloud.

Cloud Market Growth

The announcement comes amid significant growth in the cloud market, with 94% of enterprises globally now using cloud services. Security improvements are also a top priority for IT investments, as identified by 40% of respondents in Colt’s latest IT Priorities research.

“Data sovereignty and security are top of mind for IT leaders tasked with accelerating cloud migration. They need to know their data is watertight – not just within the cloud itself but also transitioning into and out of the cloud,” said Peter Coppens, VP Infrastructure and Connectivity Solutions at Colt.

“Our partnership with OVHcloud gives businesses the peace-of-mind that comes from working with two organisations which meet the most robust data protection standards and have a deep understanding of European and Global data sovereignty topics, backed up with global scale and a shared dedication to delivering the best customer experience.”