OVH VPS Launches New Data Centers in Europe and the US for Faster Performance

If you're familiar with VPS hosting, then you might have heard of OVH before. This hosting provider is one of the largest in the world. A few months ago in September, OVH launched new VPS hosting locations in Europe and the US as published on LowEndTalk Forum, and it is great news for users like you and me. Let's take a look at what this means for you.

Faster Speed and Less Latency​

The most significant discussion when it comes to having more regions is speed. The closer your VPS is to your users, the quicker your website or application will load.

Let's say your users are located in New York, but your VPS server is in France. Your website may seem slow. Now that OVH has added new data centers in the US and Europe, you can choose a VPS in a closer location and have lower latency (less lag) for everyone. This reflects faster performance.

Better Reliability and Uptime​

Everyone hates to have their VPS go down. With these new regions, OVH provides better back-up options and improved reliability.

You can now:

• Distribute your data across multiple locations.
• Have back-ups in a different region.
• Reduce the impact of downtime in the drop out of a network event in one area.

It is akin to having an extra layer of safety for your projects - It gives you a bit more confidence that your services will remain online.

New Options for Businesses and Developers​

If you are an entrepreneur or developer, you are going to love this. With more regions, you can select where your data can be because it abides by different privacy laws (for example, GDPA in Europe) and it gives you better cost control.

In addition, you can test and launch applications in separate countries without the need to use openly hosted providers; it is all done in one place. This saves both time and effort.

Why OVH Made This Move​

Let’s face it, it is a very competitive hosting world. Companies such as AWS and Google Cloud or DigitalOcean are all creating new features. OVH, by expanding, has shown it’s intent - and ability to compete and grow - which is the right business decision to acquire new customers and improve performance in each international region.

Conclusion​

If you are already an OVH customer, this update will make your life easier because you have a little better speed and a little better backup capabilities and now a little better flexibility. If you have never used OVH VPS before, there may not be a better time to try it out and test a VPS in one of the new created regions.