Scaleway

Company Overview

Scaleway is a leading French cloud infrastructure provider, part of the iliad Group (parent company of Free Telecom). The company was originally founded as Online.net in 1999 by Yannick Le Dain and Benoît Roux in Paris, and fully rebranded to Scaleway in 2015. Known for innovative ARM-based cloud servers, AI infrastructure (GPU instances), and strong European data sovereignty compliance. Operates data centers in Paris, Amsterdam, and Poland.

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Product Matrix

• Instances (Cloud Computing)：General-purpose, ARM instances, GPU instances (NVIDIA A100/H100), from dev/test to AI training
• Dedibox (Bare Metal)：Original Online.net core business, high-performance dedicated servers
• Object Storage：S3-compatible object storage
• Managed Kubernetes：One-click K8s cluster deployment and management
• Serverless Functions：Serverless architecture support
• Managed Databases：MySQL/PostgreSQL/Redis managed database services
• VPC Networking：Virtual private cloud, load balancers, elastic IPs

Key Strengths

🔧 ARM Instance Pioneer

Scaleway was among the first to offer ARM-based cloud servers at scale, with significant cost-performance advantages for containerized workloads and lightweight applications.

🤖 AI Infrastructure

Offers NVIDIA GPU instances (A100/H100) for AI training and inference, one of the few independent European cloud providers with large-scale GPU capacity.

🇪🇺 European Data Sovereignty

Fully GDPR compliant, with all infrastructure located within Europe — a reliable choice for European businesses concerned with data sovereignty.

Competitive Comparison

Key Milestones

• 1999：Founded as Online.net by Yannick Le Dain and Benoît Roux in Paris
• 2015：Rebranded to Scaleway, joined the iliad Group
• 2026：Continues expanding European cloud infrastructure for global developers