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		<title>5 keys to understand the Climate Neutral Datacenter Pact</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Players in the cloud industry are joining forces to reach climate neutrality by signing a Climate Neutral Datacenter Pact. This first-of-a-kind pact is the industry&#8217;s contribution to the &#8216;European Green Deal&#8217; &#8211; a set of green policies initiated by the European Commission. Where does this pact come from? The European Green Deal recently announced aims [&#8230;]<img src="//blog.ovhcloud.com/wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/matomo.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.ovhcloud.com%2F5-keys-to-understand-the-climate-neutral-datacenter-pact%2F&amp;action_name=5%20keys%20to%20understand%20the%20Climate%20Neutral%20Datacenter%20Pact&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.ovhcloud.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
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<p>Players in the cloud industry are joining forces to reach climate neutrality by signing a <a href="http://www.climateneutraldatacenter.net" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer">Climate Neutral Datacenter Pact</a>. This first-of-a-kind pact is the industry&#8217;s contribution to the &#8216;European Green Deal&#8217; &#8211; a set of green policies initiated by the European Commission.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Where does this pact come from?</h3>



<p>The European Green Deal recently announced aims to make Europe the world’s first climate neutral continent by 2050. In order to achieve this, the cloud industry must play its part. OVHcloud must therefore lead by example and enable players from other industries who rely on OVHcloud services, as well as its competitors services. This way, we can ensure a faster green transformation.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><a href="www.climateneutraldatacenter.net" data-wpel-link="internal"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.ovh.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_0430.png" alt="Climate Neutral Datacenter Pact" class="wp-image-20529" width="252" height="264" srcset="https://blog.ovhcloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_0430.png 336w, https://blog.ovhcloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_0430-286x300.png 286w" sizes="(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px" /></a></figure></div>



<p>We fully support and contribute to the CISPE approach (Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers of Europe). CISPE is an organisation chaired by OVHcloud, which gathers 30 cloud infrastructure services providers operating in Europe. A &#8220;Green Cloud Task Force&#8221; was set up in December 2019 to discuss how to make this possible and define what Climate Neutrality means for our industry.</p>



<p>We agreed to reach Climate Neutrality for the cloud infrastructure industry by 2030. Subsequently, the European Digital Strategy, published in February 2020, confirmed that this goal was adequate for the datacenter industry.</p>



<p>And thus, today, we have the <em><a href="http://www.climateneutraldatacenter.net" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer">Climate Neutral Datacenter Pact</a></em>.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">How was it built?</h3>



<p>Beginning in 2020, CISPE engaged with the European Commission in a series of workshops. The aim was to discuss a common approach and define what &#8220;Climate Neutrality&#8221;  means for cloud infrastructure services. Good cooperation between industry and policy makers is essential to ensure that such general interests policy goals are met properly. It was especially important to define clear and measurable goals for 2030, including clear milestones in 2025 to ensure rapid progress for the industry. It was also important to make it accessible to European SMEs, without burdening them too much. With energy efficiency, for example, we agreed to use the PUE (Power usage efficiency) metric, which is widely adopted by the industry. We also agreed to work together on defining a new set of metrics to drive efficiency even further</p>



<p>It was also important to cover the datacenter industry at large, including, for example, delivery models like colocation. CISPE joined forces with EUDCA (European Data Centre Association) to develop the agreement and cover all industry players. Many other trade associations and industry players across Europe joined the pact; including Germany (Eco), France (EuroCloud France, France Datacenter), Netherlands (Dutch Hosting Provider Association, ISPconnect, Dutch Data Center Association), Denmark (Danish Cloud Community), and Poland (Cloud28+, TechUK).</p>



<p>It is really refreshing to see the entire industry come together to tackle such an ambitious and important challenge.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">What are the implications for the datacenters industry?</h3>



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<p>The voluntary engagements of the <em><a href="https://www.climateneutral.cloud/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer">Climate Neutral Datacenter Pact</a></em> serves 5 objectives: power efficiency (using less power to deliver the same data compute and storage), carbon free power, water efficiency (using less water for cooling of the same workloads), recycling and reuse of heat produced by datacenters.</p>



<p>The metrics defined may lead to operators having to adapt the design of datacenters by 2025, and having to retrofit existing ones by 2030. It will also ensure that power used will be 100% carbon free by 2030 (75% minimum in 2025), and ensure the reuse, repair or recycle of all server equipment. More detail can be found here (link to SRI doc).</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Where does OVHcloud stand on sustainability?</h3>



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<p>By virtue of its integrated industrial business model, OVHcloud has an excellent track record on sustainability. We are obsessed with resource efficiency, not only for the sake of our environment but also to serve our business interests. This is why our platform leads on energy efficiency, water usage efficiency and carbon impact.</p>



<p>The engagements of the Pact have been designed to be accessible by all players, from the biggest to the smallest, and to ensure we have the greatest impact. For us, we’d like to be ahead and reach our commitments faster so we can progress onto our more far-reaching ambitions. For example, we expect to achieve 100% carbon-free energy use by 2025 (instead of 2030 in the pact), all of our recent datacenters are already reaching the PUE bar set for 2025 (1,3). This will also drive us to engage in additional initiatives. For instance, we believe that we need to engage with our ecosystem to see how we can help our users and customers reduce their own impact. There is so much we can do &#8211; but we need to act now!</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Is this pact likely to set the standards beyond EU?</h3>



<p>Climate change is a global problem and climate goals are not limited to Europe. Meeting the Paris Climate Agreement goals is key for all citizens across the globe. At OVHcloud, our environmental objectives are global. The same goes for many signatories of the Climate Neutral Datacentre Pact. This makes the initiative a perfect base from which to extend into more geographies and jurisdictions. It would not be the first, nor the last time the EU leads by example in the domain of climate change action. </p>


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		<title>The customer’s role in data center eco-responsibility</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[François Sterin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2020 17:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[OVHcloud, as European champion with global reach, is faced with major challenges, such as rising temperatures and increasing climatic disasters. We support the growth of the global internet, even as cloud infrastructure requirements continue to intensify. In 2020, to support our customers we must respond to their massive requests, and face together a large-scale healthcare [&#8230;]<img src="//blog.ovhcloud.com/wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/matomo.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.ovhcloud.com%2Fthe-customers-role-in-data-center-eco-responsibility%2F&amp;action_name=The%20customer%E2%80%99s%20role%20in%20data%20center%20eco-responsibility&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.ovhcloud.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
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<p>OVHcloud, as European champion with global reach, is faced with major challenges, such as rising temperatures and increasing climatic disasters. We support the growth of the global internet, even as cloud infrastructure requirements continue to intensify. In 2020, to support our customers we must respond to their massive requests, and face together a large-scale healthcare crisis that has accelerated the digitalisation of professions and practices. These challenges are not only industrial, but also ethical and environmental, whether for us as a cloud provider or for our customers, who are becoming increasingly aware of the world of tomorrow.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Unbridled growth in data storage and processing</h3>



<p>One of the main objectives of the strategic plan that we completed over the past five years is to meet a strong proximity requirement expressed by our customers. Customers want us to guarantee maximum access to their infrastructure in their local markets, and to commit to complying with their legislative constraints, particularly those regarding data sovereignty. Today, we have 31 data centers across the globe. And we have two isolated entities, which means that we are one of the few cloud providers that can offer infrastructures that are not subject to the Cloud Act for our European, Canadian and Asian customers; and others that are subject to the Cloud Act for our American customers.</p>



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<p>Our growth has followed the digitisation of the economy, as well as the digitisation of professions, which has only accentuated the demand for storage and data processing. Big data, and more recently edge computing and artificial intelligence, have increased the need to store and manipulate massive volumes of data in real time and in unprecedented ways. Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the widespread adoption of new digital tools and the use of cloud solutions for leisure, business continuity and critical service management have greatly amplified this trend. Our data centers are more strategic now than ever before, as they maintain national activities in most of the countries where our infrastructures are deployed.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Responsible industry</h3>



<p><a href="https://www.iea.org/commentaries/the-carbon-footprint-of-streaming-video-fact-checking-the-headlines" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer">A study</a> by the <a href="https://www.iea.org/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer">International Energy Agency</a> (<a href="https://www.iea.org/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer">IEA</a>), published this year, has shown that despite the exponential growth in data volume, data center power consumption worldwide has not exploded. In fact, power consumption is stagnating. Contrary to conventional wisdom, this was no surprise to industry experts, and is the result of their joint efforts in terms of energy efficiency and environmental policy. The IEA has shown that growing demand does not necessarily lead to a deterioration of the environment:</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.ovh.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/internet-traffic-trends-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-19653" width="746" height="607" srcset="https://blog.ovhcloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/internet-traffic-trends-1.png 995w, https://blog.ovhcloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/internet-traffic-trends-1-300x244.png 300w, https://blog.ovhcloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/internet-traffic-trends-1-768x624.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px" /><figcaption>Image <strong>©</strong> IEA &#8211; <a href="https://www.iea.org/commentaries/the-carbon-footprint-of-streaming-video-fact-checking-the-headlines" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer">https://www.iea.org/commentaries/the-carbon-footprint-of-streaming-video-fact-checking-the-headlines</a></figcaption></figure>



<p>This global stabilisation of the energy consumed by data centers is mainly explained by:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>More energy efficient servers and data centers</li><li>Massive cloud adoption</li></ul>



<p>The graph above provides a good summary of the various cumulative effects of next-generation servers and data centers, whether it be the energy required for a unit of compute, a TB of storage, or the capacity</p>



<p>required for workload. This doesn’t take into account the rapid improvement in data center PUE, from an average of more than 2 before 2010, to PUEs around 1.2-1.3 today for the most recent generations of data centers.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.ovh.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/masanet-et-al.png" alt="" class="wp-image-19646" width="485" height="348" srcset="https://blog.ovhcloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/masanet-et-al.png 970w, https://blog.ovhcloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/masanet-et-al-300x215.png 300w, https://blog.ovhcloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/masanet-et-al-768x550.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px" /><figcaption>Masanet et al. (2020), <a href="https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6481/984" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer">https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6481/984</a></figcaption></figure></div>



<p>That being said, a net growth in compute/storage requirements should also theoretically lead to gross growth in consumption, which is more controlled, but gross growth nonetheless&#8230; Unless we manage to reduce consumption of already existing needs by accelerating migration to the cloud.</p>



<p>Massive cloud adoption should be accompanied by the migration of all small private installations to large, industrially managed data center. Companies that have small on-premises computing rooms are increasingly using our services to operate in a virtualised and shared way, through our huge global infrastructures. In the vast majority of cases, the non-critical size of these On-Premise computing rooms does not justify a massive investment to implement an energy efficiency policy like the one we deploy on a very large scale. As a result, all of these small in situ computing rooms added together are actually much more energy-intensive than their cloud counterparts. Today, most of these rooms, previously distributed geographically, are condensed in our data centers &#8211; which are already part of an eco-responsible approach &#8211; or in those of our competitors.</p>



<p>The graph below, detailing consumption by data center type, illustrates this dynamic well:</p>



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<p>The consumption of cloud data centers and hyper-scale data centers is growing compared to the decline of traditional On-Premise, simply because they have replaced the consumption of these traditional data centers. There are several reasons for migrating to the cloud: for its features, flexibility, simplicity and speed of use, its price&#8230; but its environmental responsibility is a major one. This commitment is rooted in our DNA, and motivates the deployment of a responsible industrial model across all of our infrastructures.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Innovation as a key to success</h3>



<p>The issue of our environmental footprint has never been more at the heart of our concerns, both among manufacturers and our customers. Global warming has brought about massive challenges to the way we cool our data centers , wherever they are in the world. All of our infrastructures must be able to withstand both increasingly high outdoor temperatures and the huge amount of heat they generate, without becoming more energy-intensive. To meet this challenge, we are accelerating industrial innovations, particularly those around our cooling system (one of the most energy-intensive stations). We aim to keep our installations at a moderate temperature, and to take our PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) index as low as possible, which we know we can optimise up to 1.09.</p>



<p>Thanks to our liquid cooling technology, developed and industrialised since 2003, we are one of the pioneering companies that has paved the way for more efficient data centers. Contrary to popular belief, water cooling does not waste water since it operates within a closed circuit. Historically, this technology through its vertical industrial integration has allowed us to achieve economies of scale and to establish our positioning as Price Leader by Design. But our growth has never been achieved at the expense of the fair use of our resources, to the point where this has now become a strategic issue that meets our commitments in terms of environmental responsibility.</p>



<p>Our environmental policy also extends to the server level. Designing our own servers while managing the entire production chain is a guarantee for us that we can reuse components wisely and renew them</p>



<p>regularly. We determine their lifecycle, which corresponds to 2nd and 3rd life servers, then to recycling. This virtuous circle also allows us to gradually replace the old parks of each of the server ranges with less energy-intensive versions. We use these levers to improve our overall energy performance.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">A mutually enriching ecosystem</h3>



<p>At our electronic component suppliers, the evolution of each generation of components depends mainly on the finesse of its silicon engraving, which contributes to significantly reduce its size. This reduction in component size results in a reduction in the energy wastage surface resulting in reduced power consumption and heat release at the server level. It also means a decrease in the size of the server itself. At the industrial scale of our infrastructures, each new generation of components produced by our technological partners is often a huge development for us. By combining them with our own industrial innovations, we can store more servers with an equal surface, compared to the previous range of these same servers. This concentration also allows us to offer our customers higher computing power with equal consumption.</p>



<p>Our commitment to eco-responsible EcoCare is a quest that we pursue in collaboration with our ecosystem of technology partners. It is at the heart of our relationship with them, and is based on our operational and industrial excellence, combined with our great capacity for disruption.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">A commitment to transparency</h3>



<p>Twenty one years ago, OVHcloud was founded on the promise of making the data revolution a success for everyone, and we believe that the cloud can be part of the solution to bring about new, environmentally-friendly models.</p>



<p>To achieve this goal, we will continue our efforts to minimise our carbon footprint. We will continue to promote sustainable development through more efficient, less energy-intensive industrial designs. Thanks also to new, increasingly accurate energy performance indicators that will monitor all of our infrastructures and help drive the emergence of a more virtuous business model in the cloud industry.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">How can we go even further?</h3>



<p>Our obsession with energy efficiency and the frugality of our design brings value to us and to our customers, not only economically but also environmentally. But as we can see from the data center consumption curve, migration to the cloud cannot indefinitely be the factor controlling data center consumption. And gains in energy efficiency will become increasingly difficult to achieve. We therefore believe that we should not only optimise our infrastructures, but also look at the higher layers, the applications, analyze how the code is written and determine its impact in terms of energy consumption. Energy efficiency must also be developed at the software level. This is a great opportunity to inform our customers about their own impact, so they can make the right decisions about their own usage.</p>



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<p>To find out more, please log in to the OVHcloud #EcosystemExperience keynote on 03 November 2020 by signing up <a href="https://ecosystemexperience.ovhcloud.com/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.ovh.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ecoex-2020-keynote1-2.jpg" alt="EcoEx2020 - Keynote #1 on November 3rd at 10:00 AM (CET)" class="wp-image-19629" width="325" height="425" srcset="https://blog.ovhcloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ecoex-2020-keynote1-2.jpg 650w, https://blog.ovhcloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ecoex-2020-keynote1-2-229x300.jpg 229w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px" /></figure></div>



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<p>Or follow the dedicated sessions (by registration):</p>



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<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>The OVHcloud Carbon footprint assessment: rates, reduce and offset, with CLO2 <br> <span id="calendar-carbon-footprint"></span> </li><li>Data centers, Cloud and IT energy consumption: how to develop a sustainable cloud together, with IEA <br> <span id="calendar-iea"></span> </li><li>Energy matters in the Cloud, with INRIA <br> <span id="calendar-energy-matters"></span> </li></ul>



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		<title>Revue des datacentres 2019, step 1 : Strasbourg, France, Europe centrale</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[François Sterin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Strasbourg, 4 septembre 2018. Nous&#160; avons démarré le passage en revue de nos infrastructures avec les datacentres de Strasbourg, noms de code SBG 1,2,3 et 4. Pendant plus d’un mois nous allons faire une tournée et inspecter nos 12 sites et 28 datacentres déployés à travers le monde. Le tout avant notre événement annuel, l’OVH [&#8230;]<img src="//blog.ovhcloud.com/wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/matomo.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.ovhcloud.com%2Frevue-des-datacentres-2019-step-1-strasbourg-france-europe-centrale%2F&amp;action_name=Revue%20des%20datacentres%202019%2C%20step%201%20%3A%20Strasbourg%2C%20France%2C%20Europe%20centrale&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.ovhcloud.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
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<p>Strasbourg, 4 septembre 2018. Nous&nbsp; avons démarré le passage en revue de nos infrastructures avec les datacentres de Strasbourg, noms de code SBG 1,2,3 et 4. Pendant plus d’un mois nous allons faire une tournée et inspecter nos 12 sites et 28 datacentres déployés à travers le monde. Le tout avant notre événement annuel, l’<a href="https://ecosystemexperience.ovhcloud.com/fr/about/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow external" data-wpel-link="external">OVH Summit</a>, qui se tiendra le 18 octobre à Paris.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="pourquoi-cette-tournee"><strong>Pourquoi cette tournée ?</strong></h3>



<p>Parce que la nouvelle année chez OVH, c’est le 1er septembre, date de démarrage de notre exercice fiscal. Nous allons donc dire bonjour à toute la famille, partout dans le monde, comme le veut la tradition 🙂 Nous faisons un état des lieux pour voir où nous en sommes dans notre programme de croissance et de mise à niveau de toutes nos infrastructures. Nous rencontrons toutes les équipes, nous prenons le temps de regarder dans le rétroviseur, et nous partageons nos «&nbsp;bonnes résolutions&nbsp;». C’est notre&nbsp;<em>kick off business</em>&nbsp;pour 2019. Le tout sans oublier la convivialité, car, au passage, nous partageons aussi un verre, un déjeuner.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="quelles-nouvelles-de-sbg"><strong>Quelles nouvelles de SBG ?</strong></h3>



<p>Commençons par l’électricité, suite à l’audit que nous avons lancé sur l’ensemble de nos sites. En partenariat avec notre fournisseur, nous avons sécurisé l’infrastructure moyenne tension du site. Nous avons découplé SBG1 de SBG2. Chaque datacentre est désormais sécurisé de manière indépendante et performante. De son côté, SGB3 a été conçu avec des générateurs basses tensions et des chaînes UPS entièrement indépendantes de SBG1 / 2 et 4.</p>



<p>Le site dispose au total de 10 groupes électrogènes BT testés mensuellement pour valider la sécurisation électrique du site.</p>



<p>Nous avons aussi démarré la mise en service du datacentre SBG3 qui bénéficie des derniers standards OVH, notamment des nouveaux générateurs qui en alimentent une partie (voir la photo ci-dessous). SBG3 aura une capacité IT critique de 4 MW et pourra héberger jusqu’à 25 000 serveurs, ce qui va quasiment doubler la capacité actuelle totale du site.</p>



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<p>L’ouverture de SBG3 marque une étape importante de l’évolution de ce site pour lequel les projets ne manquent pas. Nous avons eu la chance de pouvoir louer, avec option d’achat, le terrain adjacent, juste en face, ce qui nous ouvre de nouvelles perspectives d’agrandissement et beaucoup plus de solutions pour la migration de SBG1 et SBG4.</p>



<p>L’été se termine et, pour les équipes, la saison s’est bien passée en dépit de la canicule. C’est toujours un test pour nos infrastructures, comme pour tous les datacentres, et pour les hommes qui veillent sur les équipements au quotidien. De cette première étape à Strasbourg,&nbsp; je retiens une équipe de 30 personnes très volontaires et très soudées qui, dans le contexte des nouveaux standards de qualité OVH, m’inspire une grande confiance pour la croissance de ce site.</p>



<p>Pour répondre à notre développement local, nous avons d’ores et déjà lancé des recrutements pour des postes<a href="https://careers.ovh.com/fr/recherche-offres?title=&amp;term_node_tid_depth=All&amp;field_pays_target_id=All&amp;field_localisation_target_id=304" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-wpel-link="exclude">&nbsp;de techniciens infrastructure et de techniciens IT</a>. A bon entendeur… 😉</p>



<p>Jeudi 7/09 a eu lieu la deuxième étape de notre tour avec le datacentre de Limburg en Allemagne,&nbsp; à quelques millisecondes de distance de Strasbourg, par la fibre. Il était bien naturel de voyager entre la France et l’Allemagne le jour même où les deux anciens champions du monde de football se rencontraient à Munich !</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[François Sterin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2018 10:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Avec mes équipes, nous gérons les infrastructures sur lesquelles s’appuie l’activité d’OVH. Nous concevons et déployons les datacenters, les serveurs et le réseau. À travers cette série d’articles de blog, je vous propose de découvrir le « cœur de la matrice » et de mieux comprendre comment fonctionne notre modèle. Pour démarrer, je vais simplement [&#8230;]<img src="//blog.ovhcloud.com/wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/matomo.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.ovhcloud.com%2Fde-la-tole-au-serveur-connecte-1%2F&amp;action_name=De%20la%20t%C3%B4le%20au%20serveur%20connect%C3%A9%20%281%29&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.ovhcloud.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
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<p>Avec mes équipes, nous gérons les infrastructures sur lesquelles s’appuie l’activité d’OVH. Nous concevons et déployons les datacenters, les serveurs et le réseau. À travers cette série d’articles de blog, je vous propose de découvrir le « cœur de la matrice » et de mieux comprendre comment fonctionne notre modèle. Pour démarrer, je vais simplement vous raconter une histoire, celle d’un gars du Nord parti travailler dans la Silicon Valley avant de rejoindre OVH.</p>



<p>Je suis arrivé chez OVH il y a un an en juillet 2017 après 12 ans chez Google, dont 5 au siège dans la Silicon Valley à développer les infrastructures du leader mondial des moteurs de recherche. Ma passion, ce sont les réseaux de fibre, les datacenters, les machines, l’énergie à l’échelle industrielle.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="de-mountain-view-a-roubaix-valley"><strong>De Mountain View à Roubaix Valley</strong></h3>



<p>Vous vous demandez peut-être ce qui pousse un Global Infrastructure Director de Google à rejoindre OVH&nbsp;? Pour être franc, si on m’avait dit qu’un jour je reviendrais dans le Nord, je ne l’aurais pas cru. Je viens de cette région. Un « tech » parti réaliser son rêve en Californie. Et en 2005, me voilà au siège de Google. En parallèle, je suis l’aventure d’OVH et d’Octave, via les nombreuses informations publiques sur le site principal et les tâches travaux. On peut dire que j’ai la fibre OVH, que je suis « OVH compatible ». En 2005, j’aidais Google à choisir ses équipements optiques et je me suis rendu compte via ces informations qu’Octave faisait les mêmes choix. Depuis la Silicon Valley, je voyais OVH grandir et devenir un acteur majeur du numérique. L’entreprise affichait ses ambitions de devenir un leader européen du cloud. Alors, quand l’occasion s’est présentée, j’ai regardé cela de plus près.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="integration-maximale"><strong>Intégration maximale</strong></h3>



<p>C’est quand j’ai effectué une visite complète du site roubaisien d’OVH que j’ai vu le niveau d’intégration, depuis la production des serveurs jusqu’à leur connexion dans les datacenters, que j’ai vraiment pris la mesure de ce que représentait OVH et de ce qu’Octave avait déjà bâti. Tout était là, concentré au même endroit&nbsp;: conception, déploiement, gestion de datacenters, assemblage des serveurs en France et au Canada, développement et opération de son propre réseau&nbsp;<em>backbone</em>. L’intégration est poussée à l’extrême, je n’avais jamais vu ça ailleurs. Nous savons aussi créer nos propres baies à partir de la tôle que nous découpons sur place, grâce à nos équipements. Cette première visite a été décisive pour moi. J’ai immédiatement compris les bénéfices que l’on peut en retirer pour nos clients. Qu’OVH bâtisse et exploite ses propres datacenters, c’est assez connu. Qu’il assemble ses propres machines et qu’on puisse suivre le trajet de la tôle au serveur connecté en datacenter, ça l’est moins, mais là est notre force.</p>



<p>Le premier bénéfice de notre modèle est évidemment une réduction des coûts de A à Z. La maîtrise de tous les éléments de la chaîne nous permet bien sûr de choisir et contrôler tous nos équipements et leurs moindres composants tout en faisant des économies d’échelle considérables. Mais posséder une telle maîtrise procure aussi et surtout une grande agilité.</p>



<p>Quand un client désire que son serveur soit plus performant, possède plus de mémoire ou de capacités de calcul, il est possible de l’améliorer en temps réel. Nos techniciens en datacenter peuvent en effet intervenir directement sur le serveur. Il n’est pas nécessaire d’attendre qu’un prestataire inscrive cette intervention à son planning. C’est l’une des grandes différences avec la plupart de nos compétiteurs. Nous savons faire preuve d’une réactivité incomparable.</p>



<p>C’est le même principe en matière de personnalisation des serveurs. Aucun autre fournisseur ne propose une gamme aussi étendue de modèles de machines, pour la simple raison qu’ils ne peuvent pas le faire de façon aussi agile qu’OVH.</p>



<p>Cette intégration verticale a également permis de pousser à un degré extrême l’automatisation des processus logistiques entre l’approvisionnement des serveurs en composants et la livraison des services aux clients. Tout a été conçu sur mesure, côté matériel comme logiciel, ce qui nous permet de livrer des machines en 120 secondes.</p>



<p>Nous possédons une capacité d’innovation accrue, rapide, intelligente à tous les niveaux de la chaîne de valeur, sur chacun de ses composants. Par exemple, nous utilisons des racks horizontaux, alors que toute l’industrie utilise des modèles verticaux. Pourquoi&nbsp;? Ils sont beaucoup plus faciles à transporter avec des chariots motorisés en datacenter. L’innovation est portée par l’ensemble des métiers et par l’organisation elle-même, via des processus permettant à chacun de proposer son projet. Si l’idée d’amélioration d’un collaborateur est validée, elle est aussitôt déployée. Il est également possible de tester des idées, même celles sortant de l’ordinaire. Le watercooling en était une en 2002. Partout, le dialogue entre les différentes couches d’activité est facilité avec, au final, un gain d’efficacité colossal.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="industrialiser-a-l-echelle-internationale"><strong>Industrialiser à l’échelle internationale</strong></h3>



<p>Deuxième atout majeur, OVH est en capacité de répliquer rapidement son modèle sur des marchés très différents les uns des autres. Le modèle de déploiement est là aussi unique en son genre. Pour commencer, toutes les compétences existent déjà en interne et les technologies ont déjà été éprouvées. Il «&nbsp;suffit&nbsp;» d’acquérir un bâtiment existant à proximité d’une connexion réseau d’OVH, de le réhabiliter et transformer en centre de données. Les serveurs sont d’abord testés et préconfigurés en usine. Ils sont ensuite livrés dans des baies, les baies horizontales mentionnées plus haut, tout prêts à être connectés. Il suffit de relier les câbles électriques, ainsi que le réseau du watercooling.</p>



<p>Pour l’anecdote, quand je suis arrivé, je me disais que mon intitulé de poste aurait plutôt dû être Chief Infrastructure Officer, comme dans la majorité des entreprises similaires. Mais en apprenant à connaître davantage OVH, je me suis rendu compte à quel point l’aspect industriel est primordial pour l’entreprise.</p>



<p>Notre nouveau modèle de baie nous donne une grande agilité et participe à faire que nos datacenters ne ressemblent à aucun autre.</p>



<p>Comparé à de nombreux opérateurs de centres de données qui déploient d’entrée de jeu des bâtiments importants, le modèle défini par OVH propose une grande modularité et permet de déployer de petits datacenters. Il devient alors possible de tester de nouvelles localisations, d’aviser et d’évoluer en fonction du marché local. Et en termes capitalistiques, le datacenter peut générer ses premiers revenus en quelques mois, ce qui constitue un délai extrêmement rapide.</p>



<p>À titre personnel, travailler sur toute la chaîne à cette échelle représente une opportunité à la fois unique et incroyablement intéressante. Et qu’une entreprise française soit capable de faire ça depuis Roubaix, c’était trop alléchant pour un enfant de l’infrastructure physique comme moi.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="et-l-humain-dans-tout-ca"><strong>Et l’humain dans tout ça&nbsp;?</strong></h3>



<p>Il y a aussi un esprit, le fameux&nbsp;<em>mindset&nbsp;</em>OVH. L’histoire de l’entreprise s’appuie sur le bassin d’emploi local qui a subi la crise de plein fouet. Les collaborateurs sont d’une loyauté qui est plutôt rare ailleurs. Il n’est pas question d’esprit volatil comme en Californie, où les gens sont là uniquement pour faire carrière. Ici, il y a un projet commun et un esprit familial, avec de la convivialité, de la proximité. Et ceci est encore plus vrai dans la partie industrielle. Les collaborateurs sont fiers de leur travail et de ce que fait l’entreprise, le taux d’engagement de 95 % en témoigne. Il n’y a pas vraiment de hiérarchie formelle, tout le monde est très direct, et nous travaillons tous comme une seule équipe. J’ai été impressionné par la solidarité entre services.</p>



<p>Pour continuer à bénéficier de toute l’intelligence déployée dans l’infrastructure, nous avons des défis à relever, car nous avons grandi très vite : solidifier nos fondations, améliorer l’environnement de production et gérer l’obsolescence de l’infrastructure. Pour la production de serveurs, nous sommes en train de passer à l’usine 4.0. Dans le courant de l’été, nous déménageons la production de Roubaix à Croix dans de nouveaux locaux, toujours dans la métropole lilloise. Nous en profitons pour nous doter de nouveaux équipements à la pointe de la technologie, notamment concernant la gestion du stock ainsi que sur les postes de travail. Du côté des datacenters, après les incidents de l’automne, nous avons mis en place un plan d’action rigoureux. Et, après le lancement d’OVH US, nous envisageons notre plan de déploiement de manière raisonnée, en mode&nbsp;<em>«&nbsp;</em>croissance on Demand<em>&nbsp;»</em>, « Datacenter and Network as a Service ».</p>



<p>Chez OVH, mon ambition est de contribuer à construire une plateforme numérique de classe mondiale, innovante et agile, tout en restant efficace d’un point de vue économique et énergétique. Grâce à cela, nous pouvons soutenir nos services de manière transparente et pratiquement invisible pour nos clients. Les prochains articles vous feront entrer plus en détail dans la production des serveurs, les datacenters et nos innovations.</p>
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