/new-on-the-marketplace-anantis-trapeye//new-on-the-marketplace-anantis-trapeye/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000<p class=""><a href="https://anantis.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anantis TrapEye</a> is now available on the Exoscale Marketplace. It adds deception-based threat detection to environments running on Exoscale.</p> <p class="">Trapeye works differently from traditional security tools. Instead of hunting for threats hidden in billions of events, it deploys controlled decoys inside your infrastructure. Any interaction with these decoys is malicious by design, resulting in high-fidelity alerts with near-zero false positives.</p> <p class=""><img height="359" width="624" src="new-on-the-marketplace-anantis-trapeye-image-01.png" loading="lazy"></p> <p class=""><b>What does this mean in practice?</b></p> <ul> <li><p>Detect attackers at their first interaction and reduce detection time (Mean Time to Detect, MTTD) significantly</p><p class=""><a href="https://anantis.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anantis TrapEye</a> is now available on the Exoscale Marketplace. It adds deception-based threat detection to environments running on Exoscale.</p> <p class="">Trapeye works differently from traditional security tools. Instead of hunting for threats hidden in billions of events, it deploys controlled decoys inside your infrastructure. Any interaction with these decoys is malicious by design, resulting in high-fidelity alerts with near-zero false positives.</p> <p class=""><img height="359" width="624" src="new-on-the-marketplace-anantis-trapeye-image-01.png" loading="lazy"></p> <p class=""><b>What does this mean in practice?</b></p> <ul> <li><p>Detect attackers at their first interaction and reduce detection time (Mean Time to Detect, MTTD) significantly</p></li> <li><p>High-confidence alerts with almost no false positives</p></li> <li><p>Visibility into lateral movement and attacker behavior</p></li> <li><p>Works across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments</p></li> </ul> <p class=""><b>Why this matters?</b></p> <p>Modern attackers don’t cause immediate visible damage and often remain undetected for months. By the time they are discovered, it’s often too late.</p> <p class="">TrapEye shifts the power balance back to the defender by turning your infrastructure into a hostile environment for intruders, exposing them instantly as they move through your network.</p> <p><a href="https://www.exoscale.com/marketplace/listing/anantis-trapeye/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore deployment details and launch Anantis Trapeye directly from the Marketplace</a></p>/manage-exoscale-infrastructure-with-crossplane//manage-exoscale-infrastructure-with-crossplane/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000<div class="medium-insert-images"> <figure class="resized" style="max-width: 350.968px; max-height: 108.972px;"> <img src="manage-exoscale-infrastructure-with-crossplane-image-01.png" alt="Image #1" loading="lazy"> </figure> </div> <p class="">Exoscale now offers two official Crossplane providers, so platform teams can manage Exoscale infrastructure declaratively from Kubernetes. Two official Crossplane providers are now available, both built with Upjet:</p> <ol> <li><b>provider-exoscale</b>: compute instances, SKS clusters, managed databases (DBaaS), IAM, and networking.</li> <li><b>provider-exoscale-sos</b>: S3-compatible SOS object storage, covering buckets, versioning, ACLs, CORS, and cross-zone replication.</li> </ol> <p class="">Crossplane runs as a controller and reconciles continuously: it detects configuration drift and brings resources back to their declared state, where a Terraform plan only checks when a run is triggered.</p><div class="medium-insert-images"> <figure class="resized" style="max-width: 350.968px; max-height: 108.972px;"> <img src="manage-exoscale-infrastructure-with-crossplane-image-01.png" alt="Image #1" loading="lazy"> </figure> </div> <p class="">Exoscale now offers two official Crossplane providers, so platform teams can manage Exoscale infrastructure declaratively from Kubernetes. Two official Crossplane providers are now available, both built with Upjet:</p> <ol> <li><b>provider-exoscale</b>: compute instances, SKS clusters, managed databases (DBaaS), IAM, and networking.</li> <li><b>provider-exoscale-sos</b>: S3-compatible SOS object storage, covering buckets, versioning, ACLs, CORS, and cross-zone replication.</li> </ol> <p class="">Crossplane runs as a controller and reconciles continuously: it detects configuration drift and brings resources back to their declared state, where a Terraform plan only checks when a run is triggered.</p> <p><a href="https://community.exoscale.com/reference/crossplane/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Get started with Crossplane</a></p>/ai-dedicated-inference-is-now-generally-available//ai-dedicated-inference-is-now-generally-available/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000<p><a href="https://www.exoscale.com/ai-cloud-infrastructure/dedicated-inference/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dedicated Inference</a> is now generally available.</p> <p>Deploy AI models on dedicated NVIDIA GPUs through managed inference endpoints hosted in European data centers, without managing Kubernetes clusters, inference frameworks, or supporting infrastructure.</p> <p>With this release:</p> <ul> <li>Dedicated Inference is covered by a <strong>99.95% SLA</strong>.</li> <li>Documentation has been expanded with deployment scaling guidance, updated CLI references, service boundaries, and model compatibility requirements.</li> <li>Support and operational processes are now part of the standard Exoscale service lifecycle.</li> </ul> <p><img src="/ai-dedicated-inference-is-now-generally-available/dedicated-inference-ga.png" alt="Dedicated Inference" loading="lazy" /></p><p><a href="https://www.exoscale.com/ai-cloud-infrastructure/dedicated-inference/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dedicated Inference</a> is now generally available.</p> <p>Deploy AI models on dedicated NVIDIA GPUs through managed inference endpoints hosted in European data centers, without managing Kubernetes clusters, inference frameworks, or supporting infrastructure.</p> <p>With this release:</p> <ul> <li>Dedicated Inference is covered by a <strong>99.95% SLA</strong>.</li> <li>Documentation has been expanded with deployment scaling guidance, updated CLI references, service boundaries, and model compatibility requirements.</li> <li>Support and operational processes are now part of the standard Exoscale service lifecycle.</li> </ul> <p><img src="/ai-dedicated-inference-is-now-generally-available/dedicated-inference-ga.png" alt="Dedicated Inference" loading="lazy" /></p> <p>Dedicated Inference is designed for production AI workloads, including LLMs, embeddings, RAG applications, AI agents, and custom inference APIs running on dedicated GPU resources.</p> <p><a href="https://community.exoscale.com/product/concrete-ai/dedicated-inference/quick-start/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Get started with Dedicated Inference</a></p>/new-on-the-marketplace-zephior-ai-and-its-ai-agent-ziva//new-on-the-marketplace-zephior-ai-and-its-ai-agent-ziva/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:30:00 +0000<p>We&rsquo;re happy to welcome Zephior to the Exoscale Marketplace.</p> <p>Zephior helps proposal, procurement, legal, compliance, and sales teams handle RFPs, security questionnaires, public tenders, and complex procurement workflows in one workspace.</p> <p>Teams can monitor public procurement portals such as SIMAP and EU Tender, score opportunities against their company profile, review strengths and gaps, and convert a qualified opportunity into a response project.</p> <p><img src="/new-on-the-marketplace-zephior-ai-and-its-ai-agent-ziva/zephior-ai-ziva.png" alt="Zephior AI and Ziva" loading="lazy" /></p> <p>The platform combines:</p><p>We&rsquo;re happy to welcome Zephior to the Exoscale Marketplace.</p> <p>Zephior helps proposal, procurement, legal, compliance, and sales teams handle RFPs, security questionnaires, public tenders, and complex procurement workflows in one workspace.</p> <p>Teams can monitor public procurement portals such as SIMAP and EU Tender, score opportunities against their company profile, review strengths and gaps, and convert a qualified opportunity into a response project.</p> <p><img src="/new-on-the-marketplace-zephior-ai-and-its-ai-agent-ziva/zephior-ai-ziva.png" alt="Zephior AI and Ziva" loading="lazy" /></p> <p>The platform combines:</p> <ul> <li>Tender discovery and fit scoring across selected public procurement portals</li> <li>AI-assisted drafting for RFPs, questionnaires, and procurement documents</li> <li>Cited responses generated from approved company knowledge</li> <li>Traceable review, approval, and version history</li> </ul> <p>For organizations with stricter sovereignty or compliance requirements, Zephior offers a Switzerland-based deployment option on Exoscale infrastructure.</p> <p><a href="https://www.exoscale.com/marketplace/listing/zephior-ai-procurement/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore Zephior on the Exoscale Marketplace</a></p>/encryption-at-rest-for-compute-and-block-storage//encryption-at-rest-for-compute-and-block-storage/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:30:00 +0000<p>Exoscale now transparently encrypts stored data for Compute and Block Storage workloads using AES-256 in XTS mode at the hypervisor layer. Combined with existing TLS-based encryption in transit, Exoscale now provides encryption by default for data at rest and in transit across the platform.</p> <p>What&rsquo;s new:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Encryption at rest by default</strong> — all newly created Compute instances and Block Storage volumes are encrypted automatically.</li> <li><strong>Unique encryption keys</strong> — each volume receives a unique encryption key managed by Exoscale.</li> <li><strong>Encrypted snapshots</strong> — snapshots inherit the encryption of their parent volume.</li> <li><strong>Protected templates and instance snapshots</strong> — instance snapshots and templates stored on Object Storage remain protected through bucket-level encryption.</li> </ul> <p>What this means in practice:</p><p>Exoscale now transparently encrypts stored data for Compute and Block Storage workloads using AES-256 in XTS mode at the hypervisor layer. Combined with existing TLS-based encryption in transit, Exoscale now provides encryption by default for data at rest and in transit across the platform.</p> <p>What&rsquo;s new:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Encryption at rest by default</strong> — all newly created Compute instances and Block Storage volumes are encrypted automatically.</li> <li><strong>Unique encryption keys</strong> — each volume receives a unique encryption key managed by Exoscale.</li> <li><strong>Encrypted snapshots</strong> — snapshots inherit the encryption of their parent volume.</li> <li><strong>Protected templates and instance snapshots</strong> — instance snapshots and templates stored on Object Storage remain protected through bucket-level encryption.</li> </ul> <p>What this means in practice:</p> <ul> <li>New workloads benefit from encryption everywhere by default across compute, storage, snapshots, templates, APIs, and network communication.</li> <li>Encryption happens automatically at the platform layer, without requiring changes to applications, operating systems, or operational workflows.</li> <li>Stored and transmitted data now follow a more consistent end-to-end protection model across Exoscale services.</li> </ul> <p>Existing Compute instances remain unencrypted for the time being. In the near future, we will clearly communicate how to encrypt unencrypted instances.</p> <p>Existing Block Storage volumes are not re-encrypted in place. To encrypt existing Block Storage data, create a new encrypted volume and copy the data across.</p> <p><a href="https://community.exoscale.com/product/compute/instances/overview/#encryption-at-rest"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore how Encryption at Rest works on Exoscale.</a></p>/sos-block-sse_c-encryption-per-bucket//sos-block-sse_c-encryption-per-bucket/Fri, 29 May 2026 15:30:00 +0000<p>You can now block specific server-side encryption types on your SOS buckets, starting with SSE-C (Server-Side Encryption with Customer-Provided Keys).</p> <p>When SSE-C is blocked on a bucket, any upload request that includes a customer-provided encryption key is rejected. This gives bucket owners a way to enforce their encryption policy at the bucket level, for example to ensure all objects use SSE-SOS so that data remains readable through replication and other server-side features that are incompatible with SSE-C.</p><p>You can now block specific server-side encryption types on your SOS buckets, starting with SSE-C (Server-Side Encryption with Customer-Provided Keys).</p> <p>When SSE-C is blocked on a bucket, any upload request that includes a customer-provided encryption key is rejected. This gives bucket owners a way to enforce their encryption policy at the bucket level, for example to ensure all objects use SSE-SOS so that data remains readable through replication and other server-side features that are incompatible with SSE-C.</p> <p><strong>Starting in 30 days, all newly created SOS buckets will have SSE-C blocked by default.</strong> Existing SSE-C encrypted objects will still remain accessible for retrieval. If you want to re-encrypt them, you will have to upload them again with the new settings configured. It is always possible to block or unblock SSE-C by updating your bucket’s SSE configuration.</p> <p><img src="/sos-block-sse_c-encryption-per-bucket/sos-block-sse-c.png" alt="SOS Block SSE-C configuration" loading="lazy" /></p> <p><a href="https://community.exoscale.com/product/storage/object-storage/how-to/encryption/?utm_source=beamer&amp;utm_medium=standalone&amp;utm_campaign=SOS-Block-SSE-C-Encryption-per-Bucket&amp;utm_content=ctalink#blocking-sse-c-by-default"target="_blank" rel="noopener">For configuration details, refer to the SOS documentation</a>.</p>/gpu-a40-gpu3-price-reduction-30-off-from-june-2026//gpu-a40-gpu3-price-reduction-30-off-from-june-2026/Tue, 26 May 2026 13:30:00 +0000<p>All <a href="https://www.exoscale.com/gpu/gpu3/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">A40 (GPU3)</a> instances in Frankfurt will be <strong>30% cheaper starting June 1st, 2026</strong>. Existing instances continue to run unchanged and automatically benefit from the new pricing.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Size</th> <th>GPUs</th> <th>Current EUR/CHF/USD/hr</th> <th>New EUR/CHF/USD/hr</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Small</td> <td>1</td> <td>1.4933</td> <td>1.0453</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Medium</td> <td>2</td> <td>2.9867</td> <td>2.0907</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Large</td> <td>4</td> <td>5.9733</td> <td>4.1813</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Huge</td> <td>8</td> <td>11.9467</td> <td>8.3627</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>The A40 has 48 GB of GDDR6 memory with Ampere RT Cores, 336 Tensor Cores, and 10572 CUDA Cores into a single card, making it a capable choice across a wide range of GPU workloads: AI model fine-tuning, batch inference, large-context LLM serving, 3D rendering, visual effects, AR/VR simulations, and scientific computing that needs GPU memory beyond the 24 GB range.</p><p>All <a href="https://www.exoscale.com/gpu/gpu3/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">A40 (GPU3)</a> instances in Frankfurt will be <strong>30% cheaper starting June 1st, 2026</strong>. Existing instances continue to run unchanged and automatically benefit from the new pricing.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Size</th> <th>GPUs</th> <th>Current EUR/CHF/USD/hr</th> <th>New EUR/CHF/USD/hr</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Small</td> <td>1</td> <td>1.4933</td> <td>1.0453</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Medium</td> <td>2</td> <td>2.9867</td> <td>2.0907</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Large</td> <td>4</td> <td>5.9733</td> <td>4.1813</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Huge</td> <td>8</td> <td>11.9467</td> <td>8.3627</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>The A40 has 48 GB of GDDR6 memory with Ampere RT Cores, 336 Tensor Cores, and 10572 CUDA Cores into a single card, making it a capable choice across a wide range of GPU workloads: AI model fine-tuning, batch inference, large-context LLM serving, 3D rendering, visual effects, AR/VR simulations, and scientific computing that needs GPU memory beyond the 24 GB range.</p> <p>It also runs as the GPU backend for <a href="https://www.exoscale.com/ai-cloud-infrastructure/dedicated-inference/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dedicated Inference</a>, which lets you deploy any Hugging Face model as a production-ready, OpenAI-compatible API endpoint on fully isolated European infrastructure. With the A40 you can serve models in the 13B - 34B parameter range comfortably, with no shared resources and no data leaving your environment.</p> <p>At the new price point, A40 is a strong option whether you are running GPU instances directly or building on top of Dedicated Inference.</p> <p><a href="https://www.exoscale.com/gpu/gpu3/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learn more about A40 (GPU3) instances</a></p>/sks-node-templates-update-copy-fail-dirty-frag//sks-node-templates-update-copy-fail-dirty-frag/Fri, 08 May 2026 14:11:00 +0000<p>We re-released the SKS Node Operating System images to include mitigations for the recently disclosed Copy Fail and Dirty Frag security vulnerabilities.</p> <p>The updated images include mitigations for:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://copy.fail/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Copy Fail</a> (<a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31431"target="_blank" rel="noopener">CVE-2026-31431</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dirty Frag</a> (<a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43284"target="_blank" rel="noopener">CVE-2026-43284</a>, CVE-2026-43500)</li> </ul> <p>To ensure your SKS clusters are no longer impacted, worker nodes managed by both SKS NodePools and SKS Karpenter <strong>must</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>Run Kubernetes 1.33.11, 1.34.7, 1.35.4 or 1.36.0</li> <li>Have been deployed after May 8, 2026 at 15:55 CEST</li> </ul> <p>Clusters meeting these requirements no longer need the temporary workarounds communicated in the previous security advisory sent on May 1st, 2026.</p><p>We re-released the SKS Node Operating System images to include mitigations for the recently disclosed Copy Fail and Dirty Frag security vulnerabilities.</p> <p>The updated images include mitigations for:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://copy.fail/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Copy Fail</a> (<a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31431"target="_blank" rel="noopener">CVE-2026-31431</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dirty Frag</a> (<a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43284"target="_blank" rel="noopener">CVE-2026-43284</a>, CVE-2026-43500)</li> </ul> <p>To ensure your SKS clusters are no longer impacted, worker nodes managed by both SKS NodePools and SKS Karpenter <strong>must</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>Run Kubernetes 1.33.11, 1.34.7, 1.35.4 or 1.36.0</li> <li>Have been deployed after May 8, 2026 at 15:55 CEST</li> </ul> <p>Clusters meeting these requirements no longer need the temporary workarounds communicated in the previous security advisory sent on May 1st, 2026.</p> <p>Existing clusters running older nodes <strong>should be upgraded</strong> and <strong>nodes should be cycled</strong> to apply the updated images.</p> <p><strong>Upgrade your SKS clusters and cycle worker nodes to ensure the updated mitigations are applied.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://community.exoscale.com/product/compute/containers/operation/lifecycle-management/#nodepool-upgrade"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Check SKS Lifecycle Management Documentation</a></p>/block-storage-is-now-available-in-munich-de_muc_1//block-storage-is-now-available-in-munich-de_muc_1/Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000<p class="">Exoscale Block Storage is now available in our Munich zone (DE-MUC-1).</p> <p class="">You can attach durable, high-performance block volumes to your Compute instances in Munich, enabling applications that require persistent data storage, production-grade databases, and durable volumes for containerized environments.</p> <p class="">With this release, Block Storage is now available in all Exoscale zones. This also completes our Scalable Kubernetes Service (SKS) setup across all data centers, with integrated persistent storage support in every location.</p> <div class="medium-insert-images" style=""> <figure class=""> <img src="block-storage-is-now-available-in-munich-de-muc-1-image-01.png" alt="Image #1" loading="lazy"> </figure> </div> <p class="">As in other zones, Block Storage volumes in DE-MUC-1 can be created, attached, detached, and managed via the Exoscale Portal, API, CLI, and Infrastructure as Code tooling.</p><p class="">Exoscale Block Storage is now available in our Munich zone (DE-MUC-1).</p> <p class="">You can attach durable, high-performance block volumes to your Compute instances in Munich, enabling applications that require persistent data storage, production-grade databases, and durable volumes for containerized environments.</p> <p class="">With this release, Block Storage is now available in all Exoscale zones. This also completes our Scalable Kubernetes Service (SKS) setup across all data centers, with integrated persistent storage support in every location.</p> <div class="medium-insert-images" style=""> <figure class=""> <img src="block-storage-is-now-available-in-munich-de-muc-1-image-01.png" alt="Image #1" loading="lazy"> </figure> </div> <p class="">As in other zones, Block Storage volumes in DE-MUC-1 can be created, attached, detached, and managed via the Exoscale Portal, API, CLI, and Infrastructure as Code tooling.</p> <p><a href="https://community.exoscale.com/product/storage/block-storage/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">For more information, refer to our Block Storage documentation.</a></p>/sks-karpenter-autoscaling-integration-ga//sks-karpenter-autoscaling-integration-ga/Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000<p class="">We’re happy to announce that the Karpenter autoscaling integration for Exoscale Scalable Kubernetes Service (SKS) is now Generally Available.</p> <p class="">With this release, Exoscale becomes the first European cloud provider to offer a fully integrated Karpenter experience for managed Kubernetes, enabling modern, workload-aware autoscaling for production environments.</p> <p class="">Check it out: <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/karpenter?tab=readme-ov-file#karpenter-implementations">https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/karpenter?tab=readme-ov-file#karpenter-implementations</a></p> <div class="medium-insert-images" style=""> <figure class=""> <img src="sks-karpenter-autoscaling-integration-ga-image-01.png" alt="Image #1" loading="lazy"> </figure> </div> <p class=""><br></p> <p class=""><b>Why move beyond traditional autoscaling?</b></p> <p class="">Karpenter doesn’t just scale, it optimizes, provisioning the exact compute resources needed in real time.</p> <ul> <li><p class=""><b>Simplified autoscaling:</b> No manual node pool configuration.</p><p class="">We’re happy to announce that the Karpenter autoscaling integration for Exoscale Scalable Kubernetes Service (SKS) is now Generally Available.</p> <p class="">With this release, Exoscale becomes the first European cloud provider to offer a fully integrated Karpenter experience for managed Kubernetes, enabling modern, workload-aware autoscaling for production environments.</p> <p class="">Check it out: <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/karpenter?tab=readme-ov-file#karpenter-implementations">https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/karpenter?tab=readme-ov-file#karpenter-implementations</a></p> <div class="medium-insert-images" style=""> <figure class=""> <img src="sks-karpenter-autoscaling-integration-ga-image-01.png" alt="Image #1" loading="lazy"> </figure> </div> <p class=""><br></p> <p class=""><b>Why move beyond traditional autoscaling?</b></p> <p class="">Karpenter doesn’t just scale, it optimizes, provisioning the exact compute resources needed in real time.</p> <ul> <li><p class=""><b>Simplified autoscaling:</b> No manual node pool configuration.</p></li> <li><p class=""><b>Continuous auto-healing:</b> Automatic replacement of unhealthy nodes.</p></li> <li><p class=""><b>Cost efficiency:</b> Reduced overprovisioning and lower cloud costs.</p></li> </ul> <p class="">This provides a powerful, sovereign foundation for elastic workloads like AI pipelines, CI/CD, and high-traffic applications, all while keeping your data strictly within European infrastructure.</p> <p class="">Ready to streamline your Kubernetes operations?</p> <p><a href="https://community.exoscale.com/product/compute/containers/how-to/karpenter/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Check out our documentation to get started with Karpenter on SKS today</a></p>/compute-munich-infrastructure-upgrade-completed//compute-munich-infrastructure-upgrade-completed/Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:12:47 +0000<p class="">The infrastructure upgrade of our Munich zone (<b>DE-MUC-1</b>) has been successfully completed.</p><p class="">All Compute instances and customer workloads have been migrated from the previous Equinix MU3 data center to the new <b>Equinix MU4 facility</b>. The transition was carried out without disruption, and all services continue to operate normally on the new infrastructure.</p><p class="">The new environment provides a more modern and energy-efficient foundation, improving the long-term resilience and scalability of the Munich zone. </p><p class="">The infrastructure upgrade of our Munich zone (<b>DE-MUC-1</b>) has been successfully completed.</p><p class="">All Compute instances and customer workloads have been migrated from the previous Equinix MU3 data center to the new <b>Equinix MU4 facility</b>. The transition was carried out without disruption, and all services continue to operate normally on the new infrastructure.</p><p class="">The new environment provides a more modern and energy-efficient foundation, improving the long-term resilience and scalability of the Munich zone. </p> <div class="medium-insert-images" style=""> <figure class=""> <img src="compute-munich-infrastructure-upgrade-completed-image-01.png" alt="Image #1" loading="lazy"> </figure> </div> </figure></div><p class=""><br></p><p class=""><b>Block Storage support in DE-MUC-1 will follow shortly.</b> Once available, it will allow you to attach persistent volumes to your Compute instances and build more flexible, production-ready architectures directly in the Munich zone.</p><p class="">As always, throughout the migration process, <b>no customer data ever left the Exoscale network</b>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.exoscale.com/datacenters/germany/#de-muc-1"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learn more about our Munich Data center</a></p>/compute-windows-vss-support-for-application-consistent-snapshot//compute-windows-vss-support-for-application-consistent-snapshot/Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:31:09 +0000<p class="">Exoscale Snapshot now support <b>application consistent backups for Windows instances</b> using Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).</p> <p class="">When application consistent snapshots are enabled, Windows safely prepares the system before the snapshot is created. This means the data is properly written to disk, ensuring clean, reliable backups.</p> <p class="">Instead of basic crash-consistent snapshots, you now get application consistent backups that are ready to restore for Microsoft workloads like SQL Server, Exchange, and file services.</p> <div class="medium-insert-images" style=""> <figure class=""> <img src="compute-windows-vss-support-for-application-consistent-snapshot-image-01.png" alt="Image #1" class="" loading="lazy"> </figure> </div> <p class=""><br></p><p class="">Exoscale Snapshot now support <b>application consistent backups for Windows instances</b> using Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).</p> <p class="">When application consistent snapshots are enabled, Windows safely prepares the system before the snapshot is created. This means the data is properly written to disk, ensuring clean, reliable backups.</p> <p class="">Instead of basic crash-consistent snapshots, you now get application consistent backups that are ready to restore for Microsoft workloads like SQL Server, Exchange, and file services.</p> <div class="medium-insert-images" style=""> <figure class=""> <img src="compute-windows-vss-support-for-application-consistent-snapshot-image-01.png" alt="Image #1" class="" loading="lazy"> </figure> </div> <p class=""><br></p> <h3><b>Why this matters</b></h3> <ul> <li><p class=""><b>Reliable restores</b> for critical Windows applications.</p></li> <li><p class=""><b>Higher data integrity</b> with reduced risk of corruption.</p></li> <li><p class=""><b>Production-ready backups</b> for business-critical systems.</p></li> <li><p class=""><b>Improved security and resilience</b> for compliance.</p></li> </ul> <p class="">Application consistent snapshots for Windows instances are available via the <b>Exoscale CLI, API, and Portal</b>.</p> <p><a href="https://community.exoscale.com/product/compute/instances/operation/acs/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">For configuration details and technical requirements, check the documentation</a></p>/sks-veeam-ready-kubernetes//sks-veeam-ready-kubernetes/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:18:00 +0000<p class="">Exoscale Scalable Kubernetes Service (SKS) is now listed as Veeam Ready Kubernetes for Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes.</p><div class="medium-insert-images" style=""><figure class=""> <img src="sks-veeam-ready-kubernetes-image-01.png" alt="Image #1" loading="lazy"> </figure></div><p class="">This validation confirms that SKS has been qualified to support Veeam Kasten Kubernetes-native backup and restore capabilities, including <a href="https://www.veeam.com/sys2056" target="_blank">coverage for the platform (distribution)</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.veeam.com/sys2061" target="_blank">CSI integration</a> coverage, verified by Veeam.</p><h3><b>What this enables</b></h3><ul><li><p class="">Run Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes on SKS in order to back up and restore your applications</p></li><li><p class="">Use Veeam Kasten workflows for disaster recovery and migration of Kubernetes applications on and off SKS</p><p class="">Exoscale Scalable Kubernetes Service (SKS) is now listed as Veeam Ready Kubernetes for Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes.</p><div class="medium-insert-images" style=""><figure class=""> <img src="sks-veeam-ready-kubernetes-image-01.png" alt="Image #1" loading="lazy"> </figure></div><p class="">This validation confirms that SKS has been qualified to support Veeam Kasten Kubernetes-native backup and restore capabilities, including <a href="https://www.veeam.com/sys2056" target="_blank">coverage for the platform (distribution)</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.veeam.com/sys2061" target="_blank">CSI integration</a> coverage, verified by Veeam.</p><h3><b>What this enables</b></h3><ul><li><p class="">Run Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes on SKS in order to back up and restore your applications</p></li><li><p class="">Use Veeam Kasten workflows for disaster recovery and migration of Kubernetes applications on and off SKS</p></li><li><p>Rely on a Veeam-qualified Kubernetes platform for Kasten operations (per Veeam Ready Kubernetes)</p></li></ul><h3><b>Getting started</b></h3><p class="">To protect workloads running on SKS with Veeam Kasten:</p><ol><li>Create an SKS cluster (matching your target Kubernetes version)</li><li>Install <b style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); white-space-collapse: preserve;">Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes</b><span style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); white-space-collapse: preserve;"> on the cluster using the Kubernetes native installation method</span></li><li>Configure storage integration and backup locations as per Veeam Kasten documentation</li></ol> <p><a href="https://docs.kasten.io/latest/install/other/other/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Follow Veeam Kasten installation documentation to get started</a></p>/thanos//thanos/Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:30:18 +0000<h3 style="position: relative;">Long-term Prometheus metrics storage and global querying.</h3> <div class="medium-insert-images alignLeft" style=""> <figure class="resized" style="max-width: 119.231px; max-height: 119.231px;"> <img src="thanos-image-01.png" alt="Image #1" class="" loading="lazy"> </figure> </div> <p class="">Managed Thanos enhances <b>Prometheus</b> by keeping metrics available for longer periods, providing a unified query view across environments, and ensuring high availability. It is intended for teams that rely on monitoring to understand system performance, detect issues, and analyze trends over time.</p> <div class="medium-insert-images" style=""> <figure class=""> <img src="thanos-image-02.png" alt="Image #2" loading="lazy"> </figure> </div> <p class="">Exoscale manages the operational side of the service. Deployment, scaling, updates, and backups are automated. Teams can concentrate on interpreting their monitoring data rather than maintaining the underlying platform.</p><h3 style="position: relative;">Long-term Prometheus metrics storage and global querying.</h3> <div class="medium-insert-images alignLeft" style=""> <figure class="resized" style="max-width: 119.231px; max-height: 119.231px;"> <img src="thanos-image-01.png" alt="Image #1" class="" loading="lazy"> </figure> </div> <p class="">Managed Thanos enhances <b>Prometheus</b> by keeping metrics available for longer periods, providing a unified query view across environments, and ensuring high availability. It is intended for teams that rely on monitoring to understand system performance, detect issues, and analyze trends over time.</p> <div class="medium-insert-images" style=""> <figure class=""> <img src="thanos-image-02.png" alt="Image #2" loading="lazy"> </figure> </div> <p class="">Exoscale manages the operational side of the service. Deployment, scaling, updates, and backups are automated. Teams can concentrate on interpreting their monitoring data rather than maintaining the underlying platform.</p> <h4>What this enables</h4> <div class=""> <ol> <li>Keep monitoring history longer</li> <li>View everything in one place</li> <li>Work with familiar tools</li> <li>Increase service resilience</li> <li>Maintain consistent performance</li> <li>Reduce maintenance effort</li> </ol> </div> <h4>Getting started</h4> <div class=""> <ol> <li> <a href="https://community.exoscale.com/product/dbaas/service-specific/thanos/quick-start/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Create a Managed Thanos service</a></li><li><a href="https://community.exoscale.com/product/dbaas/service-specific/thanos/how-to/prom-to-thanos/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Connect your Prometheus setup</a></li><li><a href="https://community.exoscale.com/product/dbaas/service-specific/thanos/how-to/integ-grafana/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Visualize metrics with Grafana</a> </li> </ol> </div> <p><a href="https://www.exoscale.com/dbaas/thanos/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learn more about Managed Thanos</a></p>/sos-veeam-ready-repository-capacity-target//sos-veeam-ready-repository-capacity-target/Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:30:43 +0000<div class=""></div><h2>Exoscale Simple Object Storage (SOS) is now certified as a “Veeam Ready Repository – Capacity Target”.</h2><div class="medium-insert-images"><figure class=""> <img src="sos-veeam-ready-repository-capacity-target-image-01.png" alt="Image #1" loading="lazy"> </figure></div><div class="">This certification confirms that SOS can be used as a Veeam object storage repository and as a Capacity Tier in Veeam Scale-Out Backup Repositories, meeting Veeam’s functional and performance requirements, including immutability (Object Lock) support.</div><div class="">In Veeam Backup &amp; Replication, Exoscale is configured via the “<a href="https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/s3_compatible_adding.html?ver=13" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">S3-compatible object storage</a>” option using standard S3 credentials and endpoints.</div><h3>What this enables</h3><div class=""><ul><li>Store Veeam backups directly on Exoscale SOS</li><li>Use SOS as a Capacity Tier for long-term retention</li><li>Protect backups with immutability (Object Lock)</li><li>Follow standard Veeam S3-compatible workflows</li></ul></div><h3>Getting started</h3><div class="">To start backing up to SOS in Veeam:</div><div class=""><ol><li>Add a new Object Storage Repository</li><li>Select “S3-compatible object storage”</li><li>Configure it using your Exoscale S3 endpoint and credentials</li></ol></div><div class="">Exoscale-specific documentation will be updated separately.</div><blockquote>Restore to on-premises environments is supported, while restore to Exoscale will be introduced in a future update.</blockquote> <p><a href="https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/s3_compatible_adding.html?ver=13"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Follow Veeam’s standard S3-compatible setup:</a></p><div class=""></div><h2>Exoscale Simple Object Storage (SOS) is now certified as a “Veeam Ready Repository – Capacity Target”.</h2><div class="medium-insert-images"><figure class=""> <img src="sos-veeam-ready-repository-capacity-target-image-01.png" alt="Image #1" loading="lazy"> </figure></div><div class="">This certification confirms that SOS can be used as a Veeam object storage repository and as a Capacity Tier in Veeam Scale-Out Backup Repositories, meeting Veeam’s functional and performance requirements, including immutability (Object Lock) support.</div><div class="">In Veeam Backup &amp; Replication, Exoscale is configured via the “<a href="https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/s3_compatible_adding.html?ver=13" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">S3-compatible object storage</a>” option using standard S3 credentials and endpoints.</div><h3>What this enables</h3><div class=""><ul><li>Store Veeam backups directly on Exoscale SOS</li><li>Use SOS as a Capacity Tier for long-term retention</li><li>Protect backups with immutability (Object Lock)</li><li>Follow standard Veeam S3-compatible workflows</li></ul></div><h3>Getting started</h3><div class="">To start backing up to SOS in Veeam:</div><div class=""><ol><li>Add a new Object Storage Repository</li><li>Select “S3-compatible object storage”</li><li>Configure it using your Exoscale S3 endpoint and credentials</li></ol></div><div class="">Exoscale-specific documentation will be updated separately.</div><blockquote>Restore to on-premises environments is supported, while restore to Exoscale will be introduced in a future update.</blockquote> <p><a href="https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/s3_compatible_adding.html?ver=13"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Follow Veeam’s standard S3-compatible setup:</a></p>/sks-new-gpu-node-template-nvidia-rtx-pro-6000-support//sks-new-gpu-node-template-nvidia-rtx-pro-6000-support/Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:12:32 +0000<p class="">A new GPU node template for SKS is now available, supporting&nbsp;<a href="https://www.exoscale.com/gpu/rtx6000/" target="_blank"><strong>NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000</strong></a>&nbsp;and Kubernetes versions <b>1.33, 1.34, and 1.35, </b>enabling customers to run <b>AI and <a href="https://www.exoscale.com/ai-cloud-infrastructure/dedicated-inference/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">inference</a> workloads</b> on managed Kubernetes.</p><p class="">The template uses the <b>open-source NVIDIA driver</b>, which is aligned with current NVIDIA support and is better suited for the long-term operation of GPU-enabled Kubernetes clusters.</p><p>Existing GPU node pools are <b>not updated automatically</b> and must be <b>recreated</b> to use the new template.</p><p class="">A new GPU node template for SKS is now available, supporting&nbsp;<a href="https://www.exoscale.com/gpu/rtx6000/" target="_blank"><strong>NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000</strong></a>&nbsp;and Kubernetes versions <b>1.33, 1.34, and 1.35, </b>enabling customers to run <b>AI and <a href="https://www.exoscale.com/ai-cloud-infrastructure/dedicated-inference/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">inference</a> workloads</b> on managed Kubernetes.</p><p class="">The template uses the <b>open-source NVIDIA driver</b>, which is aligned with current NVIDIA support and is better suited for the long-term operation of GPU-enabled Kubernetes clusters.</p><p>Existing GPU node pools are <b>not updated automatically</b> and must be <b>recreated</b> to use the new template.</p><p class=""><i>Note:</i> Due to limitations of the open-source NVIDIA driver, <b>GPU2 (Tesla V100) is no longer supported</b> with this template.</p> <p><a href="https://community.exoscale.com/product/compute/containers/how-to/gpu-sks-nodes/#prerequisites"target="_blank" rel="noopener">For more details and prerequisites, check the documentation</a></p>/sos-full_object-checksums-for-multipart-uploads//sos-full_object-checksums-for-multipart-uploads/Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000<p class="">SOS now supports full-object checksums for multipart uploads using CRC32C, CRC64, and CRC64NVME. This allows you to verify the integrity of large objects end-to-end, without re-reading all parts again. As a result, integrity checks are faster, cheaper, and better suited for backup and compliance workloads.</p> <p><a href="https://community.exoscale.com/product/storage/object-storage/how-to/checksum/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read our documentation</a></p><p class="">SOS now supports full-object checksums for multipart uploads using CRC32C, CRC64, and CRC64NVME. This allows you to verify the integrity of large objects end-to-end, without re-reading all parts again. As a result, integrity checks are faster, cheaper, and better suited for backup and compliance workloads.</p> <p><a href="https://community.exoscale.com/product/storage/object-storage/how-to/checksum/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read our documentation</a></p>/gpu-nvidia-rtx-pro-6000-now-available-a40-gpu3-price-reduction//gpu-nvidia-rtx-pro-6000-now-available-a40-gpu3-price-reduction/Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:33:06 +0000<p class="">We’re expanding our GPU portfolio with the launch of NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 instances and reducing A40 (GPU3) prices by 30% to give you more choice and better value.</p> <h3><b>What’s new?</b></h3><p class=""><b>NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 GPUs</b><b></b></p><ul style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style=""><a href="https://www.exoscale.com/gpu/rtx6000/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"></a><a href="https://www.exoscale.com/gpu/rtx6000/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">RTX Pro 6000</a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); white-space-collapse: preserve;">instances are now available in </span><span style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); white-space-collapse: preserve;">Zagreb, Frankfurt, and Zurich</span><span style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); white-space-collapse: preserve;">. They are designed for demanding AI, inference, and high-end graphics workloads that require more memory and compute. Secure your access now during the initial availability phase before capacity runs out.</span></li></ul><p class=""><b></b></p><p class="">We’re expanding our GPU portfolio with the launch of NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 instances and reducing A40 (GPU3) prices by 30% to give you more choice and better value.</p> <h3><b>What’s new?</b></h3><p class=""><b>NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 GPUs</b><b></b></p><ul style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style=""><a href="https://www.exoscale.com/gpu/rtx6000/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"></a><a href="https://www.exoscale.com/gpu/rtx6000/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">RTX Pro 6000</a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); white-space-collapse: preserve;">instances are now available in </span><span style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); white-space-collapse: preserve;">Zagreb, Frankfurt, and Zurich</span><span style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); white-space-collapse: preserve;">. They are designed for demanding AI, inference, and high-end graphics workloads that require more memory and compute. Secure your access now during the initial availability phase before capacity runs out.</span></li></ul><p class=""><b></b></p> <p class=""><img height="334" width="720" src="gpu-nvidia-rtx-pro-6000-now-available-a40-gpu3-price-reduction-image-01.png" loading="lazy"><b> A40 (GPU3) price reduction </b></p><ul style=""><li style="">The price of <a href="https://www.exoscale.com/gpu/gpu3/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A40 (GPU3)</a> will be reduced by 30%, effective February 1, 2026. Existing instances continue to run unchanged and automatically benefit from the new pricing.</li></ul><p> You now have more flexibility when choosing GPUs on Exoscale - lower prices for proven A40 workloads, and a new high-performance option with RTX Pro 6000 for more demanding use cases.</p><p><br></p> <p><a href="https://www.exoscale.com/gpu/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learn more about all available GPU options on Exoscale</a></p>/sks-kubernetes-135-now-available//sks-kubernetes-135-now-available/Mon, 29 Dec 2025 12:00:15 +0000<p class="">We’re happy to announce that <b>Kubernetes 1.35</b> is now available on Exoscale SKS.</p> <p class="">Just a few days after the upstream release, the Timbernetes (The World Tree Release) was rolled out on Exoscale on <b>December 22, 2025</b>.</p> <p class="">Kubernetes 1.35 brings improvements to resource management and node requirements and continues the cleanup of legacy components, helping keep Kubernetes clusters efficient and future-ready.</p> <p class=""><img height="546" width="1139" src="sks-kubernetes-135-now-available-image-01.png" loading="lazy"></p> <h3><b>Key benefits</b></h3> <ul> <li><b style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); white-space-collapse: preserve;">Improved workload availability: </b>With Kubernetes 1.35, workloads can be vertically scaled without restarts, improving availability and resource efficiency.</li> <li><b style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66);">Simpler model distribution for AI workloads: </b>OCI images can now be mounted as read-only volumes, making it easier to ship and run models without additional storage layers.</li> </ul> <p class=""><b>Upgrade notes</b></p><p class="">We’re happy to announce that <b>Kubernetes 1.35</b> is now available on Exoscale SKS.</p> <p class="">Just a few days after the upstream release, the Timbernetes (The World Tree Release) was rolled out on Exoscale on <b>December 22, 2025</b>.</p> <p class="">Kubernetes 1.35 brings improvements to resource management and node requirements and continues the cleanup of legacy components, helping keep Kubernetes clusters efficient and future-ready.</p> <p class=""><img height="546" width="1139" src="sks-kubernetes-135-now-available-image-01.png" loading="lazy"></p> <h3><b>Key benefits</b></h3> <ul> <li><b style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); white-space-collapse: preserve;">Improved workload availability: </b>With Kubernetes 1.35, workloads can be vertically scaled without restarts, improving availability and resource efficiency.</li> <li><b style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66);">Simpler model distribution for AI workloads: </b>OCI images can now be mounted as read-only volumes, making it easier to ship and run models without additional storage layers.</li> </ul> <p class=""><b>Upgrade notes</b></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); white-space-collapse: preserve;">Existing SKS clusters are not upgraded automatically.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); white-space-collapse: preserve;">We recommend testing upgrades in a non-production environment before upgrading production clusters.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); white-space-collapse: preserve;">You can upgrade your clusters using the Exoscale Portal, CLI, or API.</span></li> </ul> <p><a href="https://community.exoscale.com/product/compute/containers/operation/lifecycle-management/"target="_blank" rel="noopener">SKS upgrade and lifecycle management</a></p>/compute-frankfurt-infrastructure-upgrade-completed//compute-frankfurt-infrastructure-upgrade-completed/Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:38:26 +0000<p class="">We’ve successfully completed the migration of our Frankfurt zone (DE-FRA-1) from FR7 to the new Equinix FR8 data center. All workloads were transitioned seamlessly with no disruption, and the zone is now fully operational in its new location.</p><p class="">This upgrade strengthens the resilience of the Frankfurt region and increases capacity to support continued customer growth and evolving workload requirements. </p><p class=""><b style="text-align: center;"></b></p><div class="medium-insert-images"><figure class="resized" style="max-width: 203.277px; max-height: 249.047px;"> <img src="compute-frankfurt-infrastructure-upgrade-completed-image-01.jpg" alt="Image #1" loading="lazy"> </figure></div><p class=""><b style="text-align: center;">Key highlights</b></p><ul><li><b style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); white-space-collapse: preserve;">Zero disruptions</b><span style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); white-space-collapse: preserve;"> — all instances continue to run as before.</span></li><li><b style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">No impact on pricing</b><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> — improved foundation at no additional cost.</span></li><li><b>Enhanced resilience and scalability</b> for future workload needs.</li><li><b>All customer data remained within the secure Exoscale network</b> throughout the migration.</li><li><p class=""><b>GPU instances</b> remain temporarily in Equinix FR7 and will be migrated at a later stage (customers will be notified separately).</p><p class="">We’ve successfully completed the migration of our Frankfurt zone (DE-FRA-1) from FR7 to the new Equinix FR8 data center. All workloads were transitioned seamlessly with no disruption, and the zone is now fully operational in its new location.</p><p class="">This upgrade strengthens the resilience of the Frankfurt region and increases capacity to support continued customer growth and evolving workload requirements. </p><p class=""><b style="text-align: center;"></b></p><div class="medium-insert-images"><figure class="resized" style="max-width: 203.277px; max-height: 249.047px;"> <img src="compute-frankfurt-infrastructure-upgrade-completed-image-01.jpg" alt="Image #1" loading="lazy"> </figure></div><p class=""><b style="text-align: center;">Key highlights</b></p><ul><li><b style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); white-space-collapse: preserve;">Zero disruptions</b><span style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); white-space-collapse: preserve;"> — all instances continue to run as before.</span></li><li><b style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">No impact on pricing</b><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> — improved foundation at no additional cost.</span></li><li><b>Enhanced resilience and scalability</b> for future workload needs.</li><li><b>All customer data remained within the secure Exoscale network</b> throughout the migration.</li><li><p class=""><b>GPU instances</b> remain temporarily in Equinix FR7 and will be migrated at a later stage (customers will be notified separately).</p></li></ul> <p><a href="https://www.exoscale.com/datacenters/germany/#de-fra-1"target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learn more about the Frankfurt data center</a></p>