OVHcloud has a fire that has engulfed some of the firm's data centers

[DelJo63]

ZDNET.COM is reporting:

UPDATE: Customers are being urged to launch their own disaster recovery plans.​

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OVHcloud is a global cloud, dedicated server, and managed bare metal services provider catering to over 1.5 million customers.​

The company manages 27 data centers in countries including the US, UK, France, and Australia.​

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The impacted data centers, located in Strasbourg, France, includes SBG2, which has been completely destroyed. Part of SBG1 has been destroyed, too, but firefighters were able to protect SBG3. SBG4 has not been impacted by the fire. Klaba says that "everyone is safe."​

See the details in the link at the top

 

[Underdog]

ZDNET.COM is reporting:

UPDATE: Customers are being urged to launch their own disaster recovery plans.​

​

OVHcloud is a global cloud, dedicated server, and managed bare metal services provider catering to over 1.5 million customers.​

The company manages 27 data centers in countries including the US, UK, France, and Australia.​

​

The impacted data centers, located in Strasbourg, France, includes SBG2, which has been completely destroyed. Part of SBG1 has been destroyed, too, but firefighters were able to protect SBG3. SBG4 has not been impacted by the fire. Klaba says that "everyone is safe."​

See the details in the link at the top

I've never trusted even the idea of uploading to "the cloud", putting my eggs in someone else's basket. Far too many very clever hackers and encryption crackers out there.