European cloud operator OVHcloud has launched an Edge location in Auckland, New Zealand.

“Our Local Zone is now live in Auckland! It is our first local zone in the Asia Pacific region, bringing new options for Australian and New Zealand businesses,” the company said on Facebook this week. “Your data is now hosted locally and closer to you, delivering ultra-low latency, local data residency, and predictable costs as you scale.”

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, as well as cloud gaming. Services include compute, block storage, and networking.

Announced in 2024 and powered by technology acquired from Gridscale, OVH has rolled out more than a dozen locations across Europe, Africa, and the Americas. The company’s website lists more than live Local Zones, with more planned.

OVH’s core data centers are a mix of self-built and leased sites. The company has not said which facilities the zones’ infrastructure sits in, but it is known to rely on partner facilities in at least some locations. In Auckland, the company is partnering with local operator Datacentre220.

"Through our partnership with Datacentre220, we ensure local data residency compliance, further reinforcing our commitment to digital sovereignty. Regional customers can now leverage the Local Zone for more secure and efficient services when expanding their businesses to New Zealand,” said Terry Maiolo, VP and general manager Asia Pacific.

Founded in 2009, DataCentre220 runs its sole facility on 220 Queen Street in central Auckland. Customers in the facility include Cloudflare, Megaport, Chorus, and One NZ.

“OVHcloud picking Auckland for their first Asia Pacific Public Cloud Local Zone, and Datacentre220 to host it, is a genuine vote of confidence in New Zealand,” said Datacentre220 CEO Ross Delaney.

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.

OVH H1 2026 results

This month saw OVH release its H1 2026 earnings results.

Total revenues were €555.3m ($649m), up 3.6 percent. Adjusted EBITDA reached €227.2m ($266m). The company posted Net income of €5.9m ($6.9m).

Private Cloud accounted for €336.6m ($393m), up 3.4 percent on a like-for-like basis and accounting for 60.6 percent of revenue. Public Cloud accounted for €118.6m ($139m), up 15.1 percent on a like-for-like basis and accounting for 21.4 percent of revenue.

Net operating income (EBIT) totaled at €35.4m ($41m). The company said its EBIT margin remained stable after restating for the one-off effect of the disposal of a data center in Paris in the first half of FY2025.

France accounted for 48 percent of total group revenue and was up 5 percent on a like-for-like basis.

OVH said it has decided to build up a dedicated stock of around €50m ($58m) in memory components and disks for use exclusively in FY2027 to “secure availability and freeze prices before any further planned increases.”