After an intensive development period of just four months, we are proud to deliver a state-of-the-art Sovereign Cloud solution for the German and European market. As an experienced provider of OpenStack-based IaaS cloud solutions, we were able to efficiently apply our expertise to this new environment while implementing forward-looking innovations for our customers and ourselves.
Sovereignty and independence as an alternative to hyperscalers
The topic of "cloud sovereignty" has become increasingly important in recent years. Today, most cloud workloads are operated on international hyperscaler platforms - often due to a lack of regional alternatives and technological dependencies. The customers of these providers are often confronted with high data access costs (egress fees) and non-standardized technologies that make it difficult to switch.
To meet this challenge, ScaleUp relies on the Sovereign Cloud Stack (SCS). Together with other European cloud providers, we offer companies a sovereign, interoperable and competitive alternative to global hyperscalers. Cooperation with numerous partners is a key building block for us: together, we are creating a European cloud infrastructure that protects customers from vendor lock-in and gives them full control over their data and applications.
Sustainability and performance - the backbone of OCC2
At ScaleUp, we pursue a clear sustainability strategy, which is also reflected in our cloud infrastructure. Green electricity is a matter of course. In addition, all new cloud environments are based on energy-efficient OCP hardware, which consumes up to 20 percent less electricity than traditional server racks. This environmentally friendly hardware goes hand in hand with high-performance technologies. Our OCC2 region in Berlin-Mahlsdorf is powered by energy-efficient AMD processors and we rely on a lower overcommitment compared to other providers, which is below SCS requirements to ensure maximum performance for all workloads. For storage, we use high-performance NVMe SSDs from Swissbit, which are manufactured locally in Berlin - a solution that offers the highest read and write speeds while supporting the regional economy.
In addition, a 100G BGP underlay based on the SONiC open source network software ensures fast and stable data transfer inside and outside the data center. This means that our OCC2 region is also ideally equipped for demanding applications and high data volumes.
Expansion into further regions planned
Our new location in Berlin-Mahlsdorf (BER3), which will open in 2022, forms the basis for the further expansion of our Open Compute Cloud in the greater Berlin area.
In the future, we plan to establish further OCC regions in Germany in order to support our customers even more flexibly and further expand access to sustainable and sovereign cloud services.
Are you interested? Contact us for a test environment
The new ScaleUp Open Compute Cloud in Berlin-Mahlsdorf offers you a future-proof, high-performance and sustainable cloud environment based on European values and independence. If you would like to test our OCC2, please contact us - we look forward to introducing you to our new cloud infrastructure and supporting you with your digital projects.
