OVHcloud, Europe's largest cloud provider, opens a major new facility in Frankfurt, Germany — strengthening its position in the Central European market and offering sub-5ms latency to major financial hubs.
What This Means for Server Admins
The Frankfurt facility offers Tier III+ certification, redundant power feeds and direct peering with DE-CIX — the world's largest internet exchange point. Administrators hosting latency-sensitive applications for European clients should consider the performance benefits.
Key Specifications
- 20,000+ servers at launch capacity
- 100% renewable energy powered
- Direct DE-CIX peering — sub-1ms to major European networks
- Tier III+ certified — 99.982% uptime SLA
- OVHcloud anti-DDoS VAC protection included
Lessons from the 2021 Fire
Following the 2021 Strasbourg data centre fire that destroyed SBG2, OVHcloud implemented mandatory backup requirements and improved fire suppression systems. The Frankfurt facility incorporates these learnings with zone-separated fire suppression and mandatory cross-site backup policies.
Pricing Impact
Frankfurt locations are priced competitively with Roubaix and Gravelines facilities. Dedicated servers start from €49/month with full root access and no bandwidth limits on unmetered plans.
Backup Best Practices
Regardless of data centre quality, always maintain offsite backups. The 2021 fire proved even Tier III facilities can fail catastrophically.
# Backup to a different provider/region
rsync -avz /var/www/ user@backup-server-different-dc:/backups/
# Or use S3-compatible object storage
s3cmd sync /var/www/ s3://your-bucket/backups/Conclusion
OVHcloud's Frankfurt expansion is excellent news for European server administrators. Our team provides managed server support across all major cloud providers including OVHcloud.
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