OVHcloud teams up with Crayon to develop European data infrastructure
-France's OVHcloud, Europe's largest data centre provider, has partnered with Norway's cloud software provider Crayon to develop a sovereign European data infrastructure, with both hardware and software components originating from European companies.
The collaboration will enable customers of both companies to access and integrate solutions across more than 45 regions, the companies said in a joint statement.
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