VMware Cloud on OVHcloud — Latin America
Migrate your VMware vSphere workloads to OVHcloud's European sovereign infrastructure without re-platforming — maintain your vSphere, NSX and vSAN investments while gaining cloud economics and the data sovereignty guarantees that AWS and Azure cannot provide
VMware Cloud on OVHcloud addresses a specific and growing need in the Latin American market: the ability to move VMware workloads to cloud infrastructure without the application re-platforming that AWS and Azure migrations typically require, while gaining the European data sovereignty guarantees that the EU AI Act, GDPR and increasingly demanding multinational client contracts require.
OVHcloud — Europe’s largest cloud provider, headquartered in France and listed on Euronext — operates data centers in Europe, North America and Asia. Unlike AWS (US company, CLOUD Act jurisdiction) and Azure (US company, CLOUD Act jurisdiction), OVHcloud is a European company subject to European law and not subject to US CLOUD Act obligations. For Latin American organizations processing European personal data, serving European clients or satisfying the data sovereignty requirements of their European investors and partners, this distinction is increasingly significant in the context of the EU AI Act and European client due diligence requirements.
Zero-Conversion VM Migration
VMs migrate from on-premise vSphere to VMware Cloud on OVH without conversion using VMware HCX. Existing VMs, templates, snapshots and storage policies move as-is. No application re-platforming required.
European Sovereignty
OVHcloud is a French company subject to European law. Not subject to US CLOUD Act jurisdiction. European data centers for EU AI Act and GDPR data residency requirements.
NSX Networking in the Cloud
VMware NSX networking in OVHcloud: micro-segmentation, distributed firewall, load balancing and VPN — the same NSX policies from on-premise extend to the cloud environment.
VMware HCX Migration
VMware HCX provides live migration and warm migration of VMs from on-premise to OVHcloud with sub-second downtime for live migrations. Stretch the L2 network during migration for seamless IP address continuity.
Consumption-Based Pricing
Monthly subscription model with scale-up and scale-down by host. No upfront capital commitment. Pay for the SDDC capacity you need each month.
Familiar VMware Tools
Familiar vSphere Client, vCenter and NSX Manager management interfaces. Operations teams use the same tools they know from on-premise — no retraining for cloud operations.
Use Cases for VMware Cloud on OVH in Latin America
EU AI Act and GDPR Compliance
Latin American BPOs processing European citizen data, technology companies selling AI products in Europe, and financial institutions with European correspondent banking relationships face increasing pressure to demonstrate data sovereignty over the infrastructure that processes European personal data. VMware Cloud on OVHcloud provides a legally defensible answer: European-company-owned cloud infrastructure in European data centers, subject only to European law, for workloads that process European personal data and that must satisfy EU AI Act and GDPR requirements.
DR Site for On-Premise VMware
VMware Cloud on OVHcloud is an ideal disaster recovery site for organizations with on-premise VMware infrastructure: run Zerto or VMware Site Recovery Manager to replicate on-premise VMware VMs to OVHcloud, and fail over in minutes if the primary site is unavailable. OVH’s low pricing relative to AWS and Azure makes maintaining a warm DR site in the cloud economically viable for Latin American organizations that previously could not justify cloud DR costs.
Cloud Burst and Dev/Test
Organizations with on-premise VMware infrastructure that experiences periodic capacity peaks — month-end processing, campaign launches, quarter-end reporting — can burst overflow workloads to VMware Cloud on OVH without re-platforming. VMs run identically in OVH as on-premise; the only change is location. For development and test environments, OVH pricing makes running non-production copies of production environments cost-effective without the commitment of permanent on-premise infrastructure.
VMware by Broadcom Cost Avoidance
For Latin American organizations reassessing their VMware strategy following Broadcom’s acquisition and licensing changes, VMware Cloud on OVH provides a hybrid path: move some workloads to managed VMware cloud (reducing on-premise VMware licensing footprint) while planning a longer-term migration to Nutanix AHV for the workloads remaining on-premise. This staged approach avoids a disruptive big-bang migration while reducing VMware licensing exposure.
Frequently Asked Questions — VMware Cloud OVH Latin America
Why choose OVHcloud over AWS VMware Cloud or Azure VMware Solution?
AWS VMware Cloud (VMware Cloud on AWS) and Azure VMware Solution both provide VMware SDDC in cloud, but on US-company infrastructure subject to CLOUD Act jurisdiction. For Latin American organizations with European data sovereignty requirements, US-company cloud is not sufficient — the US government can compel US companies to provide access to data stored on their infrastructure regardless of the physical data center location. OVHcloud, as a French company not subject to US jurisdiction, provides the legally meaningful sovereignty distinction that European clients and regulators require. OVHcloud pricing is also significantly lower than AWS VMware Cloud or Azure VMware Solution.
Does my operations team need to learn new tools for OVHcloud?
No. VMware Cloud on OVHcloud uses standard vSphere Client, vCenter Server and NSX Manager — the same interfaces your team uses for on-premise VMware. The cloud management portal provides host provisioning and billing visibility, but day-to-day operations (VM management, networking, monitoring) use familiar VMware tools. The transition to cloud operations does not require retraining your VMware administration team.
How does pricing for VMware Cloud on OVH compare to running VMware on-premise?
VMware Cloud on OVHcloud is priced per host per month, with OVH managing the physical hardware, VMware licensing and data center operations. The cloud model eliminates hardware capex, hardware maintenance and data center costs, but the per-month subscription cost is higher than on-premise TCO at steady state. The economic case for cloud is strongest for: DR workloads (pay only for cloud when testing, not running 24/7 production), burst workloads (pay for cloud only during peaks), and organizations whose on-premise hardware is approaching end-of-life and facing a refresh capex decision.
Move Your VMware Workloads to OVHcloud
GLADiiUM will assess your VMware environment, design the OVHcloud migration using HCX, and operate your VMware Cloud on OVH environment as a managed service.
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