Cloud Hosting · France (FR)
OVHcloud
Europe's largest cloud provider.
The switch
AWS→OVHcloudalso replaces Azure
About
Roubaix-based hyperscaler with public cloud, dedicated servers, hosted private cloud and a strong sovereign offering.
Why we recommend it
- 38 data centres worldwide
- Sovereign cloud certified
- Bare metal & VMs
EU vs USA
OVHcloud vs AWS
Side-by-side on jurisdiction, data residency, and the rules that decide who can actually read your data.
Criteria
🇪🇺 OVHcloud
🇺🇸 AWS
Headquarters
Roubaix, France
Seattle, USA
Jurisdiction
France (GDPR, SecNumCloud)
USA (CLOUD Act)
Data location
France + EU
Global
GDPR-native
Yes
No
CLOUD Act / FISA exposed
No
Yes
Ad tracking
No
No
End-to-end encryption
No
No
Open source
No
No
Ownership
OVH Groupe SA
Amazon.com Inc.
Founded
1999
2006
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