Top 10: Cloud Platforms in the Data Centre Sector
The global data centre market only continues to grow, particularly as businesses continue to have high levels of demand for disruptive technologies like AI and cloud computing.
Given the increased need for the cloud and online services, the data centre cloud market continues to grow rapidly. In fact, public cloud providers and AI companies are driving strong demand for North American data centres.
The cloud benefits data centres in myriad ways, notably that its infrastructure cuts down hardware purchase and maintenance costs, in addition to offering scalable solutions and diverse connectivity options.
With this in mind, Data Centre Magazine spotlights some of the leading global cloud platforms.
10. VMware Cloud
VMware Cloud delivers a range of cloud operations to help users create a more efficient and automated data centre. This is in addition to hybrid operations that leverage the same tools, processes, skills and teams to multiple public clouds and at the edge.
Developed by VMware, the company states that customers would achieve consistent operations across any cloud and be able to deliver modern apps at the speed their business demands. Likewise, VMware Cloud can be operated across the data centre, the edge and any cloud.
9. Alibaba Cloud
As one of the world's largest cloud computing companies, Alibaba Cloud develops highly scalable cloud computing and data management services providing large and small businesses, financial institutions, governments and other organisations with flexible and cost-effective solutions to meet their networking and information needs.
A business of Alibaba Group, Alibaba Cloud operates the network that powers Alibaba Group’s extensive online and mobile commerce ecosystem and sells a comprehensive suite of cloud computing services to support data centres in optimising their operations and improving performance.
8. Huawei Cloud
Building on Huawei’s more than three decades of expertise in ICT and digitalisation, Huawei Cloud spans many availability zones around the world, providing fully connected, high-speed, and stable networks and services. According to China Internet Watch, Huawei Cloud had an 18% market share in the China cloud infrastructure service spend in 2021.
As a rapidly growing cloud service provider, Huawei Cloud offers comprehensive solutions for modern data centres. The platform combines Huawei’s telecommunications expertise with cutting-edge technology to deliver reliable infrastructure services.
The platform also offers specialised AI and big data services, while its global infrastructure ensures low-latency performance.
7. Dell Technologies Cloud
Dell Technologies Cloud is a hybrid cloud solution that is designed to simplify operations and improve cloud economics through a consistent management experience. It offers tailored cloud solutions with support for all major cloud providers and a single cloud vendor experience.
Likewise, Dell’s cloud platform has support for more than 4,200 major cloud providers, including AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. Its APEX solution meanwhile utilises the expertise of Dell Technologies to provide a simple and secure path for businesses to adopt hybrid cloud infrastructure.
6. Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Google Cloud Platform provides a series of modular cloud services including computing, data storage, data analytics and machine learning. As a part of Google Cloud, Google Cloud Platform includes the Google Cloud Platform public cloud infrastructure, as well as Google Workspace, enterprise versions of Android and ChromeOS and APIs for ML and enterprise mapping services.
Additionally, Google Cloud offers regions across the world to provide customers with global coverage, low cost, low latency and application availability. Data centres using the platform have access to a suite of cloud computing services backed by Google’s global infrastructure.
5. OVHCloud
OVHcloud offers secure servers and a range of digital services. As a cloud provider, businesses working with the company are offered a foundation with which to create their own sophisticated multi-cloud architecture.
The company offers data centres unique value through its vertically integrated approach by owning and operating its own global infrastructure. The platform offers robust security features, dedicated connectivity options, and anti-DDoS protection, while maintaining complete transparency in pricing and infrastructure location.
4. IBM Cloud
IBM Cloud offers market-leading security, enterprise scalability and open innovation to unlock the full potential of cloud and AI. The IBM Cloud platform combines platform-as-a-service (PaaS) with infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) to provide an integrated experience.
Available in data centres around the world, IBM Cloud offers some of the most open and secure public cloud for businesses. It also offers a next-generation hybrid cloud platform, advanced data and AI capabilities and enterprise expertise across 20 industries.
Its range of advanced tools like AI, blockchain, IoT and data analytics help its customers unlock new opportunities.
3. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Oracle Cloud is a cloud computing service offered by Oracle Corporation. It provides a range of servers, storage, network, applications and services through a global network of Oracle-managed data centres.
The company says it is the first public cloud built from the ground up to be a better cloud for every application. In particular, OCI offers the fastest-growing network of global data centres with 41 cloud regions available, in addition to more than 100 cloud infrastructure and platform services.
2. Microsoft Azure
Microsoft’s Azure platform was officially released in 2010 and offers a range of cloud services, such as compute, analytics, storage and networking. The Azure platform is formed with more than 200 products and cloud services that helps businesses manage challenges and meet their targets.
According to Microsoft, 95% of Fortune 500 companies rely on Azure for trusted cloud services, with companies of all sizes and maturities using Azure in their digital transformation.
Alongside this, Azure has made a commitment to use 100% renewable energy to power its data centres by 2025.
1. AWS
Officially launched in 2002, AWS today offers more than 200 fully featured services from data centres worldwide. The organisation serves hundreds of thousands of customers across 190 different countries, and today is the most comprehensive and widely-used cloud computing platform globally.
As a subsidiary of tech giant Amazon, AWS provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies and governments on a metered, pay-as-you-go basis. The AWS Cloud spans 99 Availability Zones within 31 geographic regions around the world.
As of 2025, millions of customers, which include the fastest-growing startups, enterprises and government agencies, are using AWS to lower costs, become more agile and innovate faster.
AWS is also committed to continuous improvement in the designs and systems of its data centres, including implementing controls, building automated systems and undergoing audits to confirm all operations are secure.
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