Q2 2026 - Quarterly Product Update
The Cloud Cover
Q2 2026 Product Update
Welcome to The Cloud Cover, your quarterly look at what's shaping the OVHcloud platform. New this quarter: the much-awaited GA for File Storage, a Landing Zone Accelerator for instant sovereign cloud foundations, FIPS 140-3 for KMS, five new Connect PoPs across three continents, per-second billing across Public Cloud, new audit, alerts and time-travel capabilities on Data Platform, the Premier 2027 generation for Managed VMware, Nutanix on OVHcloud stretched across 3-AZs in Paris, new Zerto capabilities for DR at scale, and a refreshed entry to our VPS, Web Hosting and Managed WordPress catalogues.
Platform Foundations & Resilience
The platform's foundations were strengthened this quarter. We extended our backbone, private connectivity, across Europe, Asia and the United States. We brought native 3-AZ failover to public IP routing in Paris, achieved FIPS 140-3 certification on KMS, shipped a native External Secret Operator provider for Kubernetes-native secrets management, launched Landing Zone Accelerator for instant sovereign governance, and aligned Public Cloud billing with the hyperscaler standard with per-second granularity.
vRack · Public IP Routing · GA · Paris 3-AZ
RTvRack — Native 3-AZ failover for public IP routing in Paris
Additional IP blocks attached to vRack networks now benefit from native cross-AZ redundancy in the Paris region. Define failover priorities between availability zones (Primary, Secondary, Last-resort) and let traffic reroute automatically during an AZ outage. Seamless integration with existing OVHcloud infrastructure, at no additional cost.
3-AZ
Native failover
A$0
Additional cost
Paris
Region · now live
Secret Manager · ESO · GA
Secret Manager — Native ESO provider for Kubernetes
OVHcloud is now a native provider in External Secret Operator (ESO), enabling automatic synchronisation of secrets from Secret Manager into Kubernetes clusters. No manual exposure, no third-party tooling. A win for DevOps and SRE teams running cloud-native, fintech, or SaaS workloads and a credibility marker in the Kubernetes ecosystem.
ESO
Native provider
K8s
Auto-sync ready
OVHcloud Connect · 4 new PoPs
OVHcloud Connect — Brussels, Singapore, Milan and Zurich, now live
Four new Points of Presence open in April: Brussels, Singapore and Milan on April 13th, followed by Zurich on April 21st. Private connectivity bypassing the public Internet, redundant multi-region designs, and low-latency links for business-critical workloads.
4
New PoPs
99.99%
SLA Available
3
Continents
KMS & Secret Manager · FIPS 140-3 · GA
KMS & Secret Manager — FIPS 140-3 certified by NIST
OVHcloud KMS has achieved FIPS 140-3 certification from NIST (certificate #5203), following last year's FIPS 140-2 validation. A strong lever for highly regulated conversations — GovTech, financial services, public sector and a reinforcement of OVHcloud's position as a trusted sovereign alternative to hyperscalers.
140-3
FIPS certified
SNC
Sovereign-ready
OVHcloud Connect · Dallas PoP · GA
OVHcloud Connect — Dallas PoP brings private connectivity to central US
A new OVHcloud Connect PoP in Dallas extends our North American footprint, bringing private connectivity closer to customers in the southern and central United States. Reduced latency, stronger geographic redundancy, and continued investment in resilient enterprise-grade networking for finance, healthcare, SaaS and large enterprises.
Dallas
U.S. South & Central U.S.
99.99%
SLA Available
OVHcloud Connect · Dallas PoP · GA
OVHcloud Connect · Sydney PoP · First in Australia
A new OVHcloud Connect PoP in Sydney extends our global footprint into Australia for the first time. Available via OVHcloud Connect Direct, it gives customers dedicated private connectivity locally in Sydney with lower-latency access to OVHcloud services in the Sydney region — and through to the entire OVHcloud global platform beyond. An additional connectivity hub within APAC for distributed applications, hybrid-cloud architectures, and multi-region resiliency across Australia, Oceania, and Asia-Pacific.
1st
PoP in Australia
APAC
New Hub
Data, Storage & AI Acceleration
More data, more workloads, more AI — and that changes what the platform needs to support. This quarter delivers File Storage GA (our second most-requested product ever), four new governance and lineage features for Data Platform, a modern entry point for Managed Databases with Discovery, and half-price asynchronous inference with the AI Endpoints Batch API.
Hybrid Cloud & Enterprise Platforms
Cloud transformation does not mean starting from scratch. It should be about evolving what already exists, securely and without disruption. This quarter brings Premier 2027, a new hardware generation for Managed VMware vSphere with 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors; Nutanix on OVHcloud stretched across 3 availability zones in Paris; and three new Zerto capabilities making managed disaster recovery work at the scale and security profile of regulated enterprise fleets.
Developer & SMB Experience
The platform, easier and faster to build on. This quarter, our Web Hosting offer is undergoing its most significant evolution in years: Video Center brings sovereign, ad-free video hosting to our catalogue, Managed WordPress reaches GA, Backup Agent extends to Canada and APAC, and the VPS 2027 range arrives with a new entry tier and the foundations for our next storage evolution.
Web Hosting · New ranges · May 2026
Web Hosting — Three new ranges, modernised infrastructure
One of the most significant evolutions yet of our Web Hosting offer. Starting May 4th, three ranges to go live: Eco (individuals & solopreneurs), Business (SMBs & growing projects), and Agencies (web agencies, freelancers, resellers). Infrastructure up to 3× faster than 2025, progressive SSD migration, native multi-site with included databases, and 24/7 support with live chat and callback. Significant increase in hosted site limits (up to unlimited across the entire Agencies range). Coming soon: Managed WordPress, Video Center, AI assistants, and MCP compatibility.
3
3 new ranges
∞
Sites on Agencies
24/7
Support included
VPS 2027 · GA
VPS 2027 — Entry-level back in stock, storage evolution incoming
The refreshed VPS 2027 range anticipates the demand for entry-level VPS limited by stock shortages while laying the groundwork for our next storage evolution. VPS 1 (2 vCores, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe) for testing, staging, and side projects. VPS 2026's 1/2/3 become 2027's 2/3/4 with updated pricing. Existing VPS 2026 customers: no automatic migration, no price increase. Major storage evolution coming in September 2026 allowing to choose between local NVMe and high-resilience distributed storage.
VPS 1
New entry tier
40 GB
NVMe storage
SEPT. 2026
Storage choice
Backup Agent · Canada & APAC · GA
Backup Agent — Now protecting Bare Metal in Canada and APAC
16% of our customers don't back up their Bare Metal servers. That's thousands of unprotected machines. Backup Agent being rolled out to Canada and APAC (U.S. in May 2026), deploying distant, immutable, encrypted backups for Linux and Windows in under 10 minutes. A$0 per agent, pay only for Object Storage. Up to 6× cheaper on average than comparable solutions.
<10 m
To deploy
6×
Cheaper vs market
A$0
Agent Cost
Video Center · GA
Video Center — Sovereign video hosting, no ads, no trackers
Built from OVHcloud's acquisition of api.video, Video Center is the first product imparting video expertise into our catalogue. After successful internal Alpha and Beta phases, it's officially GA now with a graphical interface that opens the product to a much wider audience. Upload, embed, and deliver video on Web Hosting customer sites with a customisable player, automated encoding, adaptive streaming, and a dedicated WordPress plugin. No ads, no third-party trackers, no external logos, no recommendation algorithms diverting visitors away.
0
Ads or Trackers
WordPress
Plugin Included
Adaptative
Streaming & encoding