European cloud provider OVHcloud has launched a Local Zone Edge in Oslo, Norway.
Local zones are suitable for workloads with latency-sensitive services such as real-time analytics, e-commerce websites, content delivery networks (CDN) for replay and streaming videos, and cloud gaming. Services include compute, block storage, and networking. They are also said to offer OVH customers greater options around data residency.
“Hello Norway!,” the company recently posted on LinkedIn. “Today, our latest Local Zone goes live in Oslo, bringing local compute power to Norwegians.”
Announced last year and powered by technology acquired from Gridscale, the company rolled out more than a dozen locations across 2024 and has continued to launch new locations this year.
After launching in Europe and North Africa last year, the company also quickly expanded into the US. OVHcloud Local Zones are now live in 23 metros, and the company aims to reach more than 35 locations by the end of 2025. Expansions into Latin America, Asia, and Oceania are planned
Across Europe, the company lists zones live across Manchester, Dublin, Luxembourg, Marseilles, Madrid, Lisbon, Milan, Zurich, Vienna, Prague, Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam, Stockholm, and Helsinki. More are planned in Bucharest and Sofia.
The company hasn’t said which facilities the zones’ infrastructure sits in.
As well as the Local Zones, OVH has more than 40 core data centers in operation and under construction in France, Canada, the US, Australia, Germany, Poland, Singapore, India, Italy, and the UK. These are a mix of self-built and leased locations.