Scality, a notable figure in data infrastructure software for the AI era, has strengthened its alliance with global cloud provider OVHcloud to unveil a new joint storage platform aimed at enhancing European digital sovereignty. This collaborative effort delivers a solution that puts organisations in complete control of their sensitive data without reliance on U.S. hyperscalers, ensuring the performance and resilience necessary for demanding AI workloads.
The solution offers two main deployment options: a fully dedicated sovereign cloud and on-premises capabilities via the OVHcloud OPCP (On-Prem Cloud Platform). It also supports backup replication across multiple availability zones. This partnership between Scality and OVHcloud is timely, addressing the dual business needs of data control within a stringent regulatory environment while providing private infrastructure suitable for intensive AI processes.
Meeting regulatory requirements
In today's landscape, organisations are challenged to balance cloud agility with the need to shield critical data from foreign jurisdictions. This issue is particularly significant in sectors like healthcare, finance, defence, and public services, where regulations such as GDPR, DORA, NIS2, and HIPAA mandate data localisation and secure data governance.
Scality's RING and ARTESCA solutions offer extensive, resilient object storage compatible with S3
The combined offering from Scality and OVHcloud effectively tackles this issue. Scality's RING and ARTESCA solutions offer extensive, resilient object storage compatible with S3, deployed directly onto customer-owned infrastructure. The OVHcloud OPCP enhances this with cloud-native orchestration, a managed service catalogue, and streamlined deployment automation, all autonomously managed from foreign public cloud providers.
Bare metal infrastructure for storage
The joint initiative expands its reach with a dedicated storage service supported by OVHcloud's Bare Metal infrastructure, specifically the HGR-STOR range.
This enables seamless deployment of off-site backups with private S3 compatibility, integrating seamlessly with leading cyber resilience tools such as Veeam and Commvault, all hosted by OVHcloud. A significant benefit is the assurance of 100% dedicated servers, eliminating resource sharing and boosting performance predictability and isolation. This setup bolsters business continuity plans by enabling controlled failover to OVHcloud's infrastructure if required.
Optimised object storage for AI
Organisations can train models, operate MLOps pipelines, and deploy AI applications in near real-time
End users benefit from a modern, transparent, sovereign cloud experience, with predictable costs and no legal risks from U.S. hyperscalers. AI processes require extensive data and computing capacity and demand strict attention to latency and confidentiality.
The Scality-OVHcloud OPCP platform caters comprehensively to this. Scality’s high-performance object storage, optimised for AI data workflows and GPU-direct compatibility, seamlessly integrates with OPCP’s managed on-premises infrastructure. Organisations can train models, operate MLOps pipelines, and deploy AI applications in near real-time, all within a secure, compliant environment.
Commitment to data sovereignty
Emilio Roman, Chief Revenue Officer, 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, OVHcloud, commented, “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 recognised partner for high-performance storage solutions for the most critical data. Together, OVHcloud and Scality provide a sovereign infrastructure backed by more than 25 years of OVHcloud expertise and ready for AI.”
Scality, a pioneer in data infrastructure software for the AI era, and OVHcloud, a global cloud provider and European cloud pioneer, announces an expanded technology partnership and a new joint storage platform built for European digital sovereignty. The solution gives organisations 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 (On-Prem Cloud Platform), with backup replication across multiple availability zones (multi-AZ).
Demanding regulatory environment
The expanded partnership addresses two urgent business needs: maintaining control over sensitive data in an increasingly demanding regulatory environment and providing private infrastructure capable of supporting the most intensive artificial intelligence workloads.
Today, digital transformation faces a contradiction: organisations want the agility of the cloud but cannot afford to expose critical data to foreign jurisdictions. This challenge is particularly acute in healthcare, finance, defence, and public services, where strict regulations such as European GDPR, DORA, NIS2, and HIPAA for the U.S. require data localisation and complete control over information assets.
Public cloud providers
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 catalogue, and deployment automation, all built on a foundation independent of foreign public cloud providers.
Beyond the on-premises layer, this alliance also extends to a dedicated storage offering on OVHcloud Bare Metal infrastructure through the HGR-STOR range. This setup enables organisations to easily deploy off-site backups with private S3 compatibility, integrated with leading cyber-resilience tools such as Veeam and Commvault, all hosted directly 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. It also supports a robust business continuity plan (BCP) by enabling controlled failover to OVHcloud infrastructure in the event of a disaster or primary site outage.
High-performance object storage
For end users, the result is a modern, seamless, sovereign cloud experience with predictable costs and without the legal risks associated with U.S. hyperscalers.
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, like medical records, financial transactions, and industrial telemetry, requires processing 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 optimised for AI data pipelines, integrates natively with OPCP’s managed on-premises infrastructure. Organisations can train models, run MLOps pipelines, and deploy AI applications in near real time directly within their own environments, without compromising data security or regulatory compliance.
Most critical data
“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.” - Emilio Roman, Chief Revenue Officer, Scality.
“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 recognised partner for high-performance storage solutions for the most critical data. Together, OVHcloud and Scality provide a sovereign infrastructure backed by more than 25 years of OVHcloud expertise and ready for AI.” - Sylvie Houliere Mayca, Managing Director France Belux & MEA, OVHcloud.
