# Scaleway

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{{Short description|French cloud computing company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Scaleway
| logo =
| logo_caption = Scaleway logo
| former_name = Online SAS<ref name="scaleway-aboutus">{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.scaleway.com/en/about-us/|access-date=2021-07-21|website=Scaleway|language=en}}</ref>
| founder = [Xavier Niel](/source/Xavier_Niel)
| founded = <!-- Wikidata : P571 -->
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Aude Durand ([chairperson](/source/chairperson))|Damien Lucas ([CEO](/source/Chief_executive_officer))|[Jean-Baptiste Kempf](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Kempf) ([CTO](/source/Chief_technology_officer))}}
| products = [Cloud computing](/source/Cloud_computing), [Dedicated Servers](/source/Dedicated_hosting_service), [Web Hosting](/source/Web_hosting_service)
| location_city = <!-- Wikidata : P159 -->
| location_country = <!-- Wikidata : P17 -->
| num_employees = 550<ref name="scaleway-aboutus"/>
| website = {{official URL}}
| module = {{infobox network service provider|child=yes|asn=12876}}
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'''Scaleway''' (formerly '''Online SAS''' or '''Online.net''')<ref name="scaleway-aboutus" /> is a French [cloud computing](/source/cloud_computing) and [web hosting](/source/Web_hosting_service) company<ref>{{Cite web|title=Digital souverän: Wie gut kann ich eine Woche lang auf US-Dienste verzichten?|url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000264167/digital-souveraen-wie-gut-kann-ich-eine-woche-lang-auf-us-dienste-verzichten|website=DER STANDARD|access-date=2026-01-31|language=de-AT}}</ref>, founded by [Xavier Niel](/source/Xavier_Niel) in 1999 and a majority owned subsidiary of the [Iliad](/source/Iliad_SA) group.
The company provides [physical dedicated servers](/source/Dedicated_hosting_service) and [cloud computing architecture](/source/cloud_computing_architecture)s.

As of 2015, Scaleway is the second largest hosting company in [France](/source/France).<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|author=Dominique Filippone|title=OVH à la 4e place du marché mondial de l'hébergement|url=https://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-ovh-a-la-4e-place-du-marche-mondial-de-l-hebergement-61756.html|date=13 July 2015|publisher=Le Monde informatique|accessdate=13 May 2016}}</ref>

== History ==

In 1999, Online started its activities in [web hosting](/source/Web_hosting_service) and [domain name](/source/domain_name) registration services<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|title=Welcome to Online.net (archive)|url=http://www.online.fr/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000229121043/http://www.online.fr/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2000-02-29|date=February 2000|accessdate=13 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|language=en|title=Our company|url=https://www.online.net/en/about-us|accessdate=19 February 2018}}</ref>

In August 2002, the domain name registrar BookMyName was bought by Iliad from its competitor LDCom.<ref>{{cite web | language=fr | url=http://www.journaldunet.com/0208/020821bookmyname.shtml | title=Online rachète les activités de BookMyName à LDCom | publisher=Le Journal du Net |date=21 August 2002}}</ref>

In May 2006, rental of [dedicated servers](/source/Dedicated_hosting_service) through the Dedibox brand was launched.

In December 2008, Iliad bought Alice ADSL: They also took over construction and operation of Datacenters, launched in 1999 by ISDnet, bought by [Cable & Wireless](/source/Cable_%26_Wireless_plc) in January 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reseaux-telecoms.net/actualites/lire-cable-et-wireless-rachet-xe8-te-isdnet-5694.html|title=Cable & Wireless rachète ISDnet - Actualités|website=www.reseaux-telecoms.net}}</ref> acquired by [Tiscali](/source/Tiscali) France in June 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.journaldunet.com/0306/030625tiscali.shtml|title=Tiscali reprend les activités de Cable & Wireless en France|website=www.journaldunet.com}}</ref> and finally renamed as Iliad Datacenter.

In April 2010, Online merges with Dedibox, another subsidiary of [Iliad](/source/Iliad_SA),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universfreebox.com/article10717.html|title=Free regroupe ses activités dhébergeur et lance un nouveau site|website=www.universfreebox.com|date=16 April 2010 }}</ref> bringing together different hosting activities under a single brand.

In 2012, the company has opened its third datacenter of 11800 m² in [Vitry-sur-Seine](/source/Vitry-sur-Seine)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itespresso.fr/arnaud-bermingham-iliad-datacenter-nous-ouvrirons-data-center-bunker-paris-debut-2014-60141.html|title=Arnaud Bermingham (Iliad) : "Un 'datacenter bunker' dans Paris"|date=20 December 2012|publisher=}}</ref> after 11 months of construction works. The site received the first Tier-III certification in France by [Uptime Institute](/source/Uptime_Institute) in January 2014.

Since 2012, the company publishes in real time the [PUE](/source/Power_usage_effectiveness) of its datacenters on pue.online.net, in an effort of transparency.

In 2013, Online launched labs.online.net in preview. An [infrastructure as a service](/source/infrastructure_as_a_service) offer, based on dedicated hardware and without virtualization,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://labs.online.net/press|title=Online Labs announce Scaleway|website=Online Labs|access-date=2018-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170928/http://labs.online.net/press|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> based on [ARM](/source/ARM_architecture) CPUs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/12/29/why-french-telecom-iliad-is-launching-an-arm-based-cloud-service-and-why-it-matters/|title=Why French telecom Iliad is launching an ARM-based cloud service — and why it matters|date=29 December 2014|publisher=}}</ref> The hardware is made in a factory near [Laval](/source/Laval_(Mayenne)) in France.

In April 2015 the service left its [beta](/source/Software_release_life_cycle) status and has been renamed as Scaleway.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|author=Sébastien Gavois|title=Scaleway : Online lance son " cloud " à base d'instances dédiées, dès 0,02 € par heure|url=http://www.nextinpact.com/news/93693-scaleway-online-lance-son-cloud-a-base-dinstances-dediees-des-002-par-heure.htm|date=3 April 2015|accessdate=13 May 2016}}</ref> As the popularity of the platform grows, Online added servers with [x86_64](/source/x86-64) based CPUs in March 2016.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|title=Iliad/Free : l'hébergeur Online ajoute le x86 à son Cloud Scaleway|url=http://www.silicon.fr/iliad-free-online-ajoute-x86-cloud-scaleway-141372.html|date=10 March 2016|accessdate=13 May 2016}}</ref>

In early 2015, the company announced to have exceeded {{formatnum:400}} [Gb/s](/source/Bit_rate) of immediate Internet traffic.<ref name="comunication twitter">{{Cite web|title=Scaleway FR on Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/scaleway_fr/status/559722346538598401|access-date=2020-08-20|website=Twitter|language=fr|quote=Nous venons d'exploser notre record : 400Gbit/sec de trafic global, x7 en 18 mois et aucun loupé, team réseau <3 cc @sevi_42 @mmarcha}}</ref>

Entrepreneur {{interlanguage link|Yann Lechelle|fr}} joined as CEO in early 2020,<ref name=ceo-nomination>{{cite web|title=Scaleway nominates Yann Lechelle as CEO|url=https://blog.scaleway.com/yann-lechelle-joins-scaleway/|author=|first=|date=28 March 2024|website=|language=|archive-url=|archive-date=}}</ref> but left in December 2022.<ref name=yann-l-departure>{{cite web|title=Yann Lechelle quitte la direction générale de Scaleway|url=https://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-yann-lechelle-quitte-la-direction-generale-de-scaleway-maj-88973.html|author=|first=|date=20 December 2022|website=|language=|archive-url=|archive-date=}}</ref>

In November 2023, Iliad launched Kyutai in France, the first European independent and non-profit [artificial intelligence](/source/artificial_intelligence) research laboratory, a laboratory that adopts an [open-source](/source/open-source) and [open-science](/source/open-science) approach for 300 million [Euro](/source/Euro).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www-wired-it.translate.goog/article/intelligenza-artificiale-kyutai-francia/?_x_tr_sl=it&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=it&_x_tr_pto=wapp|title=A 300 million super laboratory for artificial intelligence in Paris|date=November 21, 2023}}</ref>

According to Euractiv, the European Commission has been in talks for several weeks about European cloud providers as alternatives to Microsoft, including Scaleway.<ref>{{Cite web|title=EU-Kommission möchte US-Cloud-Services durch europäische Anbieter ablösen|url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000274884/eu-kommission-moechte-us-cloud-services-durch-europaeische-anbieter-abloesen|website=DER STANDARD|access-date=2026-01-31|language=de-AT}}</ref>

== Infrastructure ==
=== Datacenters ===
thumb|Aerial view of Online DC3.
Scaleway owns and operates several [data center](/source/data_center)s located in [Île-de-France](/source/%C3%8Ele-de-France).<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|title=Datacenters - Documentation|url=https://documentation.online.net/fr/serveur-dedie/datacenters|date=23 June 2015|accessdate=13 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|language=fr|title=Nos datacenters|url=http://www.iliad-datacenter.fr/datacenters|accessdate=13 May 2016|archive-date=16 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516020749/http://www.iliad-datacenter.fr/datacenters|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* ''DC2'', with a size of {{formatnum:4500}} m² in [Vitry-sur-Seine](/source/Vitry-sur-Seine), within the [Val-de-Marne](/source/Val-de-Marne). The building has been constructed in 1989 by NMPP ([Presstalis](/source/Presstalis)), then successively taken over by ISDNet, [Cable & Wireless](/source/Cable_%26_Wireless_plc), [Tiscali](/source/Tiscali), then [Telecom Italia](/source/Telecom_Italia), and is therefore an indirect product of the acquisition of Alice ADSL by Iliad.
* ''DC3'', with a size of {{formatnum:11800}} m² in the same city is divided into several private spaces. It was built in 2012 by the group.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|author=Cécile Debise|title=Dans le géantissime data center DC3 d'Online|url=http://www.journaldunet.com/solutions/cloud-computing/reportage-data-center-dc3-d-online/|date=13 May 2014|accessdate=13 May 2016}}</ref> It has reached its capacity in early 2016 and works have been planned to extend its capacity by {{formatnum:2300}} m2.<ref name="DC3 Full">{{cite web|language=fr|author=Arnaud de Bermingham|title=DC3 - Datacenter complet - Travaux d'extension|url=https://status.online.net/index.php?do=details&task_id=477|date=January 2016|accessdate=13 May 2016|archive-date=15 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815172044/https://status.online.net/index.php?do=details&task_id=477|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''DC4'', with a size of {{formatnum:8000}} m² on six floors in the [15th arrondissement of Paris](/source/15th_arrondissement_of_Paris), housed in the former [anti-atomic fallout shelter](/source/Fallout_shelter) of the "Laboratoire central des ponts et chaussées". It was built between 1936 and 1939 by architect [Gabriel Héraud](/source/Gabriel_H%C3%A9raud),<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|author1=Hélène Schwoerer|author2=Christine Hugues|title=Transformation du url du Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées|url=http://www.brancion-brassens.org/urls/default/files/2012_03_10_ActuProjet_LCPC.pdf|date=March 2012|accessdate=13 May 2016}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> the building was acquired by Iliad in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|title=Online (groupe Iliad) fait l'acquisition d'un abri anti-atomique à Paris (archive)|url=http://datacenter.silicon.fr/online-groupe-iliad-fait-lacquisition-dun-abri-anti-atomique-a-paris-2982.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530001046/http://datacenter.silicon.fr/online-groupe-iliad-fait-lacquisition-dun-abri-anti-atomique-a-paris-2982.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 May 2011|date=27 May 2011|accessdate=13 May 2016}}</ref> The main part of the fallout shelter is being used for the C14 offer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.online.net/fr/c14|title=Service d'archivage C14|website=Online SAS|access-date=2018-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514121508/https://www.online.net/fr/c14|archive-date=2018-05-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''DC5'', with a size of {{formatnum:32000}} m² on four floors at [Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône](/source/Saint-Ouen-l'Aum%C3%B4ne). It is the result of the acquisition of an old [mail sorting center](/source/Sorting_office) of [La Poste](/source/La_Poste_(France)),<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|author=David Feugey|title=Online, filiale d'Iliad, va booster son réseau de datacenters en 2016|url=http://www.silicon.fr/lhebergeur-online-va-booster-son-infrastructure-en-2016-137076.html|date=27 January 2016|accessdate=13 May 2016}}</ref> and will handle the growth from 2017-2025 of the hoster.<ref name="DC3 Full" />

In the past the company operated also:
* ''DC1'', with a size of 6300 m² in [Bezons](/source/Bezons),<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|author=Simon T. (Generation NT)|title=Visit of a datacenter of Dedibox from Iliad|url=http://www.generation-nt.com/dedibox-hebergement-dedie-iliad-viurl-article-24855-1.html|date=11 July 2007|accessdate=13 May 2016}}</ref> which also hosts the network head of Free.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|author=Marc Brice|title=New network traffic map of the Ile de France region|url=https://www.freenews.fr/freenews-edition-nationale-299/assistance-13/nouvelle-carte-du-trafic-reseau-ile-de-france-2648|date=30 October 2005|accessdate=13 May 2016}}</ref> Built in 2001 by the American company [Exodus Communications](/source/Exodus_Communications)<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|author=Eric Delporte|title=Un géant de l'Internet s'installe à Bezons|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/val-d-oise/un-geant-de-l-internet-s-installe-a-bezons-eric-delporte-14-12-2000-2001825516.php|date=14 December 2000|accessdate=13 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|language=fr|title=Exodus : viurl des quartiers de haute sécurité|url=http://www.journaldunet.com/solutions/0105/010522_exodus.shtml|date=22 May 2001|accessdate=13 May 2016}}</ref> then taken back by [Spherion](/source/Spherion),<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|author=François Morel|title=Hébergeurs : que sont devenus PSINet Europe et Exodus France ?|url=http://www.journaldunet.com/solutions/0204/020403_psinetexodus.shtml|date=3 April 2002|accessdate=13 May 2016}}</ref> after the bankruptcy of the company. It is leased to [Iliad](/source/Iliad_SA) on a long-term contract since 2003<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|title=Document de référence 2007|url=https://www.iliad.fr/amf/document_de_reference_ILIAD_2007_140408.pdf|date=15 April 2008|accessdate=13 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|language=fr|title=Document de référence 2009|url=https://www.iliad.fr/amf/2010/documentdereference2009.pdf|date=29 April 2010|accessdate=13 May 2016}}</ref> This site does not host any activities of Online since 2013.<ref>{{Cite tweet|author=Online.net|user=online_fr|number=402394078417289216|date=18 November 2013|title=Nous venons de couper définitivement DC1. Plusieurs dizaines de milliers de serveurs migré. Une page de notre histoire qui se tourne ...|access-date=13 May 2016|language=fr}}</ref>

== Notes and references ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.scaleway.com/en/}}

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