Q1 2026 - Quarterly Product Update
The Cloud Cover
Q1 2026 Product Update
Welcome to The Cloud Cover, your quarterly look at what’s shaping the OVHcloud platform.
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Platform Foundations & Resilience
Everything starts with the foundation.
Because today, if you're running production workloads downtime isn’t an option.
Unpredictability isn’t acceptable.Resilience has to be built in from day one.That’s exactly what we’re doing.
Managed Kubernetes Multi AZ Resilience · GA · September 2025
Managed Kubernetes Standard - Enteprise grade, finally
After years of a Free-only tier, our Managed Kubernetes Service now has a Standard plan built for production. A 3-AZ control plane, dedicated etcd up to 8 GB, and clusters scaling to 500 nodes. This is Kubernetes the way enterprises actually need it.
99.99%
SLA
500
Max nodes
8 GB
Dedicated etcd
Landing Zone · GA · February 2026
Landing Zone — Your secure foundation before moving to the cloud.
Deploying a Landing Zone is a best practice to enhance security and governance. We now offer pre-configured "base camps" for Small Business (OPNSense, basic IAM, shared vRack), Enterprise (Fortinet/Stormshield HA, multi-vRack, SSO federation), and Government (CCCS/Protected-B compliance, IP ACL, data residency).
3
Tiers available
from SMBs to Gov
Ready for all organizations
Public Cloud Instances · Observability Metrics · coming soon
Observability Metrics — Native Prometheus monitoring for OVHcloud.
Cloud-native, fully Prometheus-compatible managed service for collecting, storing, and querying time-series metrics. First integration: Instances Metrics Dashboard. Automatic visibility on CPU, RAM, network, and performance without complex setup. 100% compatible with remote write, PromQL, and alerting. Currently in Gravelines only. The first milestone of unified OVHcloud Observability.
PromQL
Compatible
Free
With instances
Milan Datacenter · GA · November 2025
Milan 3-AZ, second Datacenter of our new Standard
Customers can deploy workloads across availability zones while keeping applications within the same geographic region.
Multi-AZ is becoming our new standard — and more regions are already on the way
vRack · RTvRack · January 2026
RTvRack — Public IP routing into your private network.
Expose services hosted inside private vRack networks to the public Internet using Additional IP blocks. New bandwidth options now available in EU/CA/APAC beyond free tiers. Scale outbound capacity on demand with Anti-DDoS and Edge Firewall protection. No complex NAT or proprietary networking — just direct public IP routing into a global private network.
5 Gbps
EU/CA free tier
DDoS Protection
Included
FinOps · FOCUS compatibility · February 2026
FinOps — FOCUS 1.0 compliant data for Public Cloud.
Take control of your cloud costs with standardized, actionable insights adhering to the FOCUS (Financial Operations) standard. Download FOCUS-compliant data and integrate with third-party platforms (Lota.cloud, Holori) or your own data warehouses. Gain visibility into usage and costs, identify optimization opportunities, and improve financial governance across finance, engineering, and operations teams.
FOCUS
1.0 compliant
All
Public Cloud services
Border Gateway Protocol · Alpha · February 2026
BGP as a Service — Dynamic routing for advanced network architectures.
Border Gateway Protocol now available via OneAPI. Configure BGP peerings with IPv4 and IPv6 support across subnets and networks. Alpha 2 now open on 11 availability zones (EU, CA) with 4 active clients. First consumer: Public Cloud in Milan 3-AZ. Next: Public VCF-as-a-Service and vRack Services. Beta phase scheduled for end Q3 FY26.
11
AZ available
Alpha
Now open
End-to-End Encryption · Acquisition · December 2025
OVHcloud acquires SEALD — Encryption becomes a native service.
The average cost of a data breach is now $4.4M. The encryption market is growing 16.2% annually. Our acquisition of SEALD brings certified, developer-friendly E2EE directly into the Public Cloud universe — so developers can encrypt client-side without managing cryptographic complexity. Encryption is trust.
OVHcloud Connect · New PoPs · March 2026
OVHcloud Connect — Brussels and Singapore PoPs now live.
New Points of Presence in Brussels and Singapore, effective March 20th, 2026. Private connectivity bypassing the public Internet with low latency, enhanced security, and up to 99.99% SLA. Design redundant multi-region architectures with flexible connectivity models (Direct or Provider). Ideal for hybrid and multi-cloud deployments requiring high availability.
2
New PoPs
99.99%
SLA available
BYOP · Milan 3-AZ · February 2026
BYOIP — Bring your own IP blocks to OVHcloud.
Import and use your own IPv4 blocks (/24 to /19) across all Additional IP-compatible services: Bare Metal, vRack, Public Cloud, Private Cloud. Now available in Milan 3-AZ. Automated Control Panel & API process, BGP announcement via OVHcloud ASN or BYOAS. Migrate to cloud without IP changes — preserve reputation, no whitelist reconfiguration required.
/19
Max block size
BYOAS
Supported
Data, Storage & AI Acceleration
More data. More workloads. More AI.
And that changes what the platform needs to support.
Cloud GPUs NVIDIA H200 · GA · March 2026
GPU power
H200 instances now available in multiple regions, delivering the performance required for the most demanding AI and high-performance computing workloads.
Managed ClickHouse · GA · February 2026
ClickHouse — Billions of rows. Milliseconds of response.
No hyperscaler offers the original ClickHouse in a managed solution. We do. Fully managed, multi-AZ, and purpose-built for real-time analytics: dashboards, IoT telemetry, AdTech pipelines, user behaviour analysis. A natural cross-sell for any DBaaS customer evolving toward analytical workloads — and a sovereign alternative to self-hosted complexity.
3-AZ
Exclusive launch
ms
Query at scale
Data Platform · ISO 27001 & HDS · February 2026
Data Platform — Now ISO 27001 and HDS certified.
The OVHcloud Data Platform, designed to accelerate your Data & Analytics projects, has obtained ISO 27001 and HDS certifications. These certifications attest to the high level of security, regulatory compliance, and trustworthiness. Essential for addressing regulated customers, public sector organizations, and healthcare players.
ISO
27 001 certified
HDS
Healthcare ready
AI Endpoints - LLM Guards · Beta · February 2026
LLM Guard — Secure your LLM inputs and outputs.
A control layer that analyzes and filters prompts (inputs) and generated responses (outputs). Limit sensitive or inappropriate content — policy violations, dangerous instructions, misuse — and strengthen control of production deployments. Currently in free beta. An essential building block for secure LLM applications.
Free
Beta acces
Safe
Content filtering
End-to-End Encryption · Acquisition · December 2025
OVHcloud acquires SEALD — Encryption becomes a native service.
The average cost of a data breach is now $4.4M. The encryption market is growing 16.2% annually. Our acquisition of SEALD brings certified, developer-friendly E2EE directly into the Public Cloud universe — so developers can encrypt client-side without managing cryptographic complexity. Encryption is trust.
AI Deploy new feature · GA · February 2026
Autoscaling down to 0
Bi-directional autoscaling now lets you automatically scale deployments to 0 GPU instances during inactivity, then restart on the first request. Dramatic cost reduction for workloads with business cycles — working hours, test environments, batch jobs, POCs. Pay only for what you actually use.
AI Endpoints - Vision Language Model · GA · February 2026
VLM — Payload size increased to 10 MB.
Good news for Vision-Language Models: maximum payload size jumps from 2 MB to 10 MB. Send larger, higher-resolution images without excessive compression. Better support for complex documents, detailed visuals, industrial captures — and less pre-processing on the application side.
10 MB
Max Payload
5X
Increase
Object Storage - Active Archive · GA · February 2026
Active Archive — Long-term storage, instant access.
We now offer five Object Storage classes — covering every workload from blazing fast SSD to deep cold archive. The new Active Archive class fills the gap between infrequent access and cold storage: 99.99% SLA, 3-AZ resilience, and instant retrieval for compliance-critical data at ~457.71 ₹/TiB/month.
99.99%
SLA
5
Storage Classes
457.71 ₹
Per TiB/month
Enterprise File Storage · GA · February 2026
EFS — NetApp power, sovereign delivery.
50% of File Storage users run Kubernetes workloads. EFS now supports the Trident CSI driver for dynamic NFS provisioning — bringing guaranteed 4,000 IOPS/TiB and 99.99% SLA to stateful Kubernetes at enterprise scale. Up to 2.5× cheaper than comparable products. Fully immune to the US Cloud Act.
4k
IOPS per TiB
2.5x
Cost Advantage
99.99%
SLA
Quantum - Emulators & QPUs · GA · February 2026
Quantum computing — Emulators and QPU access expanding.
New emulators available: Pennylane, Tii, and Qunasys. Plus QPU access via Quandela Belenos. OVHcloud continues to invest in quantum readiness through partnerships with Teratec, Lab quantique meetups, and industry events across Europe.
3
New Emulators
QPU
Quandela Belenos
AI Endpoints - Vision Language Model · GA · February 2026
VLM — Payload size increased to 10 MB.
Good news for Vision-Language Models: maximum payload size jumps from 2 MB to 10 MB. Send larger, higher-resolution images without excessive compression. Better support for complex documents, detailed visuals, industrial captures — and less pre-processing on the application side.
10 MB
Max Payload
5X
Increase
AI Endpoints - LLM Guards · Beta · February 2026
LLM Guard — Secure your LLM inputs and outputs.
A control layer that analyzes and filters prompts (inputs) and generated responses (outputs). Limit sensitive or inappropriate content — policy violations, dangerous instructions, misuse — and strengthen control of production deployments. Currently in free beta. An essential building block for secure LLM applications.
Free
Beta acces
Safe
Content filtering
Quantum - Emulators & QPUs · GA · February 2026
Quantum computing — Emulators and QPU access expanding.
New emulators available: Pennylane, Tii, and Qunasys. Plus QPU access via Quandela Belenos. OVHcloud continues to invest in quantum readiness through partnerships with Teratec, Lab quantique meetups, and industry events across Europe.
3
New Emulators
QPU
Quandela Belenos
Public Cloud File Storage · Beta · January 2026
Public Cloud File Storage — Our second most-wanted product, delivered.
File Storage has been the #2 most requested Public Cloud feature for years — representing €33M in lost ARR since 2020. The Beta is now live, free, and open to all in GRA, DE1 and SBG5. Performance that beats GCP and Azure in the 150 GiB–1 TiB range. Pricing 5% below AWS. Full data sovereignty.
16k
Max IOPS
2.5x
Free Beta access
Cloud GPUs NVIDIA H200 · GA · March 2026
GPU power
H200 instances now available in Paris region, delivering the performance required for the most demanding AI and high-performance computing workloads.
8
Hosts available
8
H200 GPU/host
141
GB of HBM3e Memory
AI Deploy new feature · GA · February 2026
Autoscaling down to 0
Bi-directional autoscaling now lets you automatically scale deployments to 0 GPU instances during inactivity, then restart on the first request. Dramatic cost reduction for workloads with business cycles — working hours, test environments, batch jobs, POCs. Pay only for what you actually use.
Hybrid cloud & Enterprise platforms
Cloud transformation isn’t starting from scratch.
It’s about evolving what already exists securely, progressively, and without compromise.
Nutanix on OVHcloud · New Features · February 2026
Nutanix — Heterogeneous clusters and NCP software add-ons.
Nutanix on OVHcloud now supports heterogeneous configurations: mix different server ranges within the same cluster, scale from 3 to 32 servers. Plus new NCP software options: Unified Storage (NUS), Database Service (NDB), and Kubernetes Platform (NKP). A complete hybrid cloud platform on a trusted, sovereign cloud.
32
Max servers
3
New add-ons
Bare Metal Scale & High Grade new ranges · GA · March 2026
Scale & High Grade — Next-gen servers for most demanding workload.
New server ranges built on latest Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC architectures with PCIe Gen5 NVMe storage and up to 50 Gbps private bandwidth. Scale range: single-socket, up to 2 TB RAM, ideal for fast deployments. High Grade: dual-socket, up to 24 NVMe drives, hardware RAID options — built for databases, Big Data, and large-scale virtualization.
Gen5
PCIe NVMe
50G
Private Bandwidth
24
Max NVMe drives
SNC Cloud Platform · Beta · February 2026
SNC Cloud Platform — SecNumCloud-qualified public cloud experience.
Our new offering designed to achieve SecNumCloud qualification. GA Starting June 2026: on-demand instances, metal instances, block storage, and object storage. Soon after: managed Kubernetes, databases, and AI services. 100% OVHcloud technology from infrastructure to software layer. Currently in beta with selected candidates.
SNC
Qualification in progress
June 2026
Launch
Managed VMware · Stretched Cluster 3-AZ · Alpha · January 2026
VMware Cloud Foundation — Zero-impact resilience for mission-critical workloads.
The only fully managed stretched cluster private cloud with automatic failover, zero data loss (RPO=0), and 99.999% SLA. Built on VCF 9.0 with vSAN stretched cluster, NSX advanced networking, and vDefend firewall. AMD EPYC 9005 hosts up to 64 cores and 3TB RAM. We build and manage; you focus on workloads. Alpha now open — limited spots available.
99.999%
SLA (<5 min/year)
RPO = 0
Zero Data Loss
3 min
RTO failover
Developer & SMB Experience
The platform easier and faster to build on.
VPS 2026 · GA · August 2025
VPS 2026 — Already powering 140,000+ users worldwide.
Launched in August, our VPS 2026 range is already a big success. New configurations from VPS 1 to VPS 6 with more vCores, RAM, NVMe and bandwidth. Automated 1-day backups included with unlimited traffic. Available in 12 datacenters plus 15 Local Zones. More stock coming soon.
140k+
VPS sold already
12
datacenters
Kimsufi.com · New Website · March 2026
Kimsufi.com — Dedicated servers made simple again.
Kimsufi is back with a new mission: simple, accessible, no-nonsense dedicated servers. The new brand platform hosts Kimsufi, SoYouStart, and RISE servers — all in one place. Straightforward offers, great hardware, competitive pricing, quick access. No fluff. No friction. Just the tech you need.
Web Hosting · New Storage · March 2026
Web Hosting — Full SSD storage and HA-NAS infrastructure.
New storage infrastructure powered by HA-NAS: full SSD for all Web Hosting data, high availability with dual controller heads, vRack integration via oneNetwork. Foundation for future features: customer isolation, performance capping, custom backups. All new services already benefit — 900,000+ existing services migrating over 6 months starting end of March.
SSD
Full Storage
All New
Web hosting on new storage
Migration
of existing hosting services to start end of march
Managed Wordpress for Hosting · Beta · February 2026
Enables agencies to manage multiple sites from a single environment and reduce maintenance time.
After a successful Alpha with fifteen participants, Managed Hosting for WordPress is now in Beta. Designed for web agencies managing dozens or hundreds of sites: fast installation, simplified migration, centralized management without third-party tools, smart automatic updates, and optimized hosting. Still recruiting beta testers.
Beta
Now open and free
Fleet
Scale Management
Domain Names · Bundles · January 2026
Domain Bundles — Protect your brand across multiple extensions.
Multi-extension promotions are now available. Automatically detect available extensions, get preconfigured bundles (.com + local ccTLD + .net), and add multiple domains to cart in one click. Ideal for entrepreneurs, SMEs, web agencies, and trademark owners. First bundle: .com + .net. More bundles coming from registry partners.
1-click
Multi-extensions
VoIP SIP trunk · Redesigned · March 2026
SIP Trunk — A reinvented customer experience.
We've redesigned the customer journey for SIP Trunk solutions. New product page with clearer offers, pricing, and technical advantages. Modernized ordering tunnel — more fluid, faster, fewer unnecessary steps. The objective: let customers focus on their business, not on navigating our interface.
Backup Agent · GA · February 2026
Backup Agent — No more unprotected Bare Metal servers.
One in six of our customers wasn't backing up their Bare Metal servers. That ends now. Backup Agent deploys distant, immutable, encrypted backups in under 10 minutes — for Linux and Windows — at €0.007/GiB/month. Up to 6× cheaper than comparable solutions.
<10
Mins to protect
6x
Cheaper vs market
€0
Agent Cost
Video Center · Beta · March 2026
Video Center — Sovereign video hosting. No Ads. No Trackers
Built from OVHcloud's acquisition of api.video, Video Center brings professional video hosting to our catalog. Now in Beta (France only) with a new graphical interface. Upload, embed, and deliver ad-free, tracker-free video on your own sites. Customizable player, automated encoding, adaptive streaming. Privacy-by-design, sovereign hosting, WordPress plugin included.
Beta
France only
0
Ads or Trackers
Email ZIMBRA Pro · New Office Suite with Co-edition · GA · February 2026
Zimbra Pro now integrates OnlyOffice
Enabling users to create, edit, and collaborate on documents directly within webmail. It offers a unified workspace combining email, files, and collaboration tools. The solution targets SMEs and distributed teams, with a focus on European data hosting and sovereignty. Key features include real-time collaboration, Microsoft Office compatibility, and version control.