At a moment when digital sovereignty is solidifying as a strategic imperative and cyber threats are increasing in scope, sophistication, and intensity, OVHcloud and S2GRUPO announce a strategic alliance. This collaboration unites two European leaders in cloud infrastructure and cybersecurity, strengthening Europe’s ability to protect its critical data, its infrastructure, and its digital economy.
By combining OVHcloud’s sovereign and trusted cloud solutions with S2GRUPO’s cybersecurity expertise, the alliance offers a powerful and exclusively European option for organizations seeking secure, resilient, and compliant digital environments. At the heart of this collaboration lies a shared vision: to contribute to a safer digital Europe while strengthening the European tech ecosystem and boosting geopolitical independence.
A Powerful European Alliance
OVHcloud, a global provider and European cloud leader, is recognized for its high-performance, scalable, and sovereign cloud. With a global footprint of 46 data centers, 21 of which are in Europe, the group maintains full control over its technology infrastructure and value chain. OVHcloud offers certified and qualified solutions that meet the highest security standards, such as HDS, PCI-DSS, and SecNumCloud, enabling organizations to keep control of their data while benefiting from top-tier cloud services.
S2GRUPO specializes in protecting critical infrastructures and organizations against advanced cyber threats. With broad experience in cybersecurity for both IT and OT (Operational Technology), S2GRUPO offers comprehensive security services, including managed detection and response (MDR) for OT and IT, as well as threat intelligence and incident response, tailored to highly regulated and mission-critical environments such as the energy, utilities, transportation, and manufacturing sectors. European sovereignty is part of S2GRUPO’s DNA; core processes run with European (proprietary) technology or open-source software. S2GRUPO is a 100% European cybersecurity company.
Tackling the Double Challenge: Sovereignty and Security
Europe’s dependence on U.S. cloud service providers puts organizations at risk, especially due to extraterritorial laws. At the same time, cyber incidents affecting EU organizations have risen by 69% since 2020, and critical infrastructures now account for 70% of all reported incidents in 2025. Attacks on operational technology (OT) environments—the industrial control systems underpinning the energy, transportation, water, and manufacturing sectors—have grown to represent nearly one in five of all identified threat categories across Europe.
The regulatory response is already underway. The NIS2 Directive establishes a unified legal framework to ensure cybersecurity across 18 EU critical sectors, while requiring member states to define national cybersecurity strategies and to strengthen cooperation with EU institutions for cross-border response and enforcement. Belgium has already become the EU’s first member state to fully transpose NIS2 into national law, with more than 4,000 essential and important entities registered. Meanwhile, the Netherlands is finalizing its Cybersecurity Act (Cyberbeveiligingswet), set to take effect in 2026, which will bring thousands of additional organizations within its scope and significantly raise the bar for incident response, supply chain security, and executive accountability.
The collaboration between OVHcloud and S2GRUPO offers fully European cybersecurity and cloud solutions, providing regulated sectors with the confidence of advanced protection and resilience, while maintaining full control over how their data is stored, processed, and protected, without exposure to non-European jurisdictions. It can also help organizations comply with NIS2, the GDPR, and other sector-specific European regulatory frameworks, thereby reducing regulatory risk for essential and important entities, in both corporate and industrial settings.
With this alliance, the two organizations, working together, aim to:
- Facilitate a secure and compliant migration to sovereign, European cloud environments.
- Protect critical infrastructures in the energy, transportation, manufacturing, and utilities sectors against advanced and persistent threats.
- Support readiness for the NIS2 Directive in essential and important entities facing new EU obligations.
- Drive innovation within the European tech ecosystem, reducing strategic dependence on non-EU providers.
- Contribute to Europe’s geopolitical resilience, ensuring that digital infrastructures remain under European control at a time when that control is more important than ever.
“In the current geopolitical context, digital sovereignty is no longer optional, but essential. We are proud to collaborate with S2GRUPO to help European companies and institutions tackle their critical projects and data-sensitive initiatives with the utmost respect for sovereignty and security. This collaboration reinforces our commitment to offering sovereign cloud solutions that allow European organizations to maintain control over their data and infrastructure,” says John Gazal, VP Southern Europe at OVHcloud.
“Cybersecurity is a cornerstone of digital sovereignty. Together with OVHcloud, we offer an exclusively European proposition that combines a secure cloud infrastructure with advanced cybersecurity capabilities for IT and OT, thereby guaranteeing the protection of Europe’s critical assets,” states Rafael Rosell Tejada, Chief Revenue Officer at S2GRUPO.
