<s>
OVH	B-General_Concept
,	O
legally	O
OVH	B-General_Concept
Groupe	O
SAS	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
French	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
company	O
which	O
offers	O
VPS	B-General_Concept
,	O
dedicated	O
servers	O
and	O
other	O
web	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2016	O
OVH	B-General_Concept
owned	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
largest	O
data	B-Operating_System
center	I-Operating_System
in	O
surface	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OVH	B-General_Concept
is	O
incorporated	O
as	O
a	O
simplified	O
joint-stock	O
company	O
under	O
French	O
law	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
OVH	B-General_Concept
adopted	O
OVHcloud	B-General_Concept
as	O
its	O
public	O
brand	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OVH	B-General_Concept
was	O
founded	O
in	O
November	O
1999	O
by	O
Octave	O
Klaba	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
three	O
family	O
members	O
(	O
Henry	O
,	O
Haline	O
,	O
and	O
Miroslaw	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2016	O
,	O
OVH	B-General_Concept
raised	O
$250	O
million	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
raise	O
further	O
international	O
expansion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
funding	O
round	O
valued	O
OVH	B-General_Concept
at	O
over	O
US$1	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
fiscal	O
year	O
of	O
2016	O
,	O
OVH	B-General_Concept
reportedly	O
had	O
around	O
$343	O
million	O
in	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
OVH	B-General_Concept
announced	O
its	O
five-year	O
plans	O
to	O
triple	O
investment	O
starting	O
in	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2021	O
,	O
OVHcloud	B-General_Concept
filed	O
its	O
IPO	O
and	O
is	O
listed	O
on	O
the	O
Euronext	O
Paris	O
,	O
the	O
Paris	O
Stock	O
Exchange	O
as	O
OVH	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2021	O
,	O
OVHcloud	B-General_Concept
became	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Paris	O
SBF120	O
index	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2021	O
,	O
OVH	B-General_Concept
had	O
32	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
in	O
19	O
countries	O
hosting	O
300,000	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2017	O
,	O
OVH	B-General_Concept
was	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
offering	O
of	O
email	O
hosting	O
service	O
,	O
considered	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
largest	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
its	O
general	O
Internet	O
hosting	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OVH	B-General_Concept
uses	O
in-house	O
design	O
and	O
manufacturing	O
,	O
including	O
custom-made	O
servers	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
standard	O
components	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
modular	O
shipping	O
container	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
Canadian	O
data	B-Operating_System
center	I-Operating_System
(	O
Beauharnois	O
,	O
Quebec	O
)	O
was	O
considered	O
a	O
leading	O
example	O
of	O
the	O
OVH	B-General_Concept
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2016	O
,	O
OVH	B-General_Concept
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
sponsors	O
for	O
Let	B-Application
's	I-Application
Encrypt	I-Application
,	O
a	O
free	O
TLS	O
encryption	O
service	O
,	O
and	O
OVH	B-General_Concept
's	O
hardware	O
supplier	O
is	O
Super	O
Micro	O
Computer	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
OVH	B-General_Concept
suffered	O
a	O
large	O
fire	O
at	O
its	O
datacenter	B-Operating_System
in	O
Strasbourg	O
,	O
France	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
chairman	O
,	O
Octave	O
Klaba	O
,	O
took	O
to	O
Twitter	B-Application
to	O
confirm	O
that	O
all	O
its	O
staff	O
were	O
safe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2010	O
,	O
French	O
Gizmodo	O
edition	O
revealed	O
that	O
WikiLeaks	O
selected	O
OVH	B-General_Concept
as	O
its	O
new	O
hosting	O
provider	O
,	O
following	O
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
refusal	O
to	O
host	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
6	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
a	O
judge	O
ruled	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
need	O
for	O
OVH	B-General_Concept
to	O
cease	O
hosting	O
WikiLeaks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
magazine	O
WebsitePlanet	O
uncovered	O
client-side	O
vulnerability	O
in	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
largest	O
hosting	O
companies	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
:	O
Bluehost	O
,	O
DreamHost	B-Protocol
,	O
HostGator	O
,	O
iPage	O
and	O
OVH	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
OVH	B-General_Concept
started	O
to	O
integrate	O
innovative	O
water	O
cooling	O
in	O
2003	O
in	O
its	O
datacenters	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
OVH	B-General_Concept
relies	O
in	O
large	O
part	O
on	O
nuclear	O
power	O
,	O
in	O
particular	O
their	O
Gravelines	O
data	B-Operating_System
centre	I-Operating_System
is	O
known	O
for	O
being	O
located	O
next	O
to	O
the	O
Gravelines	O
Nuclear	O
Power	O
Station	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2021	O
,	O
OVH	B-General_Concept
with	O
other	O
industry	O
players	O
joined	O
the	O
Climate	O
Neutral	O
Data	B-Operating_System
Centre	I-Operating_System
Pact	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
pledge	O
to	O
achieve	O
climate	O
neutrality	O
of	O
datacenters	B-Operating_System
before	O
2030	O
.	O
</s>
