Cloud provider stories

OVHcloud expands its Quantum-as-a-Service offer with Quandela's Belenos, a 12-qubit photonic machine billed by the second for cloud users.

Certes says v7 extends quantum-safe data protection to edge systems, letting organisations secure hybrid workloads without application rewrites.

Leaseweb adds autoscaling, load balancing and developer tools to its European Cloud Campus as it pushes sovereign cloud build-out.

Vultr and SUSE partner to bring Rancher Prime and SUSE AI to Vultr Marketplace, targeting Kubernetes and AI workloads across clouds.

OVHcloud has joined the ECB's digital euro cloud programme, providing EU-based infrastructure to support secure payment data exchange.

Hetzner adopts Nokia Deepfield Defender across European data centres to automate edge DDoS mitigation and safeguard rising AI workloads.

Worldstream and Cubbit launch Netherlands-only S3 cloud storage, promising data sovereignty, predictable pricing and European compliance.

UK firms are funnelling most AI budgets into data infrastructure and storage, as hybrid cloud, security gaps and soaring fees reshape spending.

Firms spend millions on data sovereignty and rate awareness high, yet Kiteworks survey finds persistent breaches and cross-border exposure.

European cloud providers unite to onboard 10,000 SMEs into trusted data spaces within 18 months, easing access to secure data-sharing.

OVHcloud snaps up French encryption specialist Seald to bake end-to-end protection into its cloud services and bolster zero-knowledge security.

Newo.ai and IONOS have launched a plug-and-play AI receptionist, promising SMEs 24/7 call handling, missed lead recovery and quick setup.

Hetzner has launched its GEX131 GPU server with Nvidia's RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell and Intel Xeon Gold, aimed at AI and 3D workloads.

Leaseweb appoints Ronald Richardson as Chief Revenue Officer to drive global growth and its sovereign-by-design hybrid cloud push.

NAKIVO's EMEA revenue rose 29% in Q3 2025, led by new customers and partners, as global operations and product support expand rapidly.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman signalled plans to launch an AI cloud platform, aiming to rival AWS, Azure and Google Cloud in offering computing power.

The EU Data Act aims to boost innovation and fairness by ensuring transparent, secure data sharing while maintaining strong governance across industries.

Red Hat and Oracle expand their hybrid cloud partnership, launching Red Hat OpenShift on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure with enhanced enterprise application support.

Kelsey Hightower, renowned for his contributions to Kubernetes, has joined Civo's board, aiming to enhance its private cloud and AI innovations.

AnswerRocket, an Atlanta-based analytics firm, has announced support for Gemini and Anthropic Claude LLMs, empowering customers to choose models suiting their business needs.