Blockchain Node Hosting in Decentralized Cloud Infrastructure
Sector: Tertiary sector · Industry: Cloud and hosting services · Organisation: OVHcloud · Maturity level: Production
OVHcloud operates blockchain nodes for customers on bare-metal servers and private networks, providing stable and secure infrastructure for decentralized networks such as Solana, BSV, and Tezos. The distributed data center structure with 43 locations across four continents enables highly available infrastructure for validator nodes and Web3 workloads. Companies can thus outsource blockchain infrastructure without sacrificing control and security.
Documentation status
- Project status: Production
- Evidence: Evidence high
- Editorial review: Ufuk Avci, 12 July 2026
Description
Blockchain networks require so-called nodes – computers that validate transactions and keep the network running. OVHcloud offers companies the opportunity to operate these nodes on professional cloud infrastructure instead of having to buy and manage their own servers. Customers like Stakely and Softstack already use this infrastructure in production to operate validator nodes for various blockchain networks in a stable and secure manner. The global network with 43 data centres and 100 Tbit/s capacity ensures that the nodes are accessible around the clock.
OVHcloud positions itself as a specialised infrastructure provider for blockchain workloads, addressing the growing demand from Web3 projects, staking providers, and blockchain service providers for professional, highly available server infrastructure. The approach is based on bare-metal servers, which, unlike virtualised environments, offer direct hardware control and predictable performance – both critical requirements for validator nodes that cannot tolerate downtime. By using private vRack connections, node communication and network data are isolated from the public internet, increasing the security and integrity of blockchain participation. Specific customer projects include the operation of Tezos Baker Nodes by Softstack as well as staking infrastructure by Stakely, which describes OVHcloud as a powerful and energy-efficient platform. In addition, there are collaborations with the BSV Association for operating Teranode infrastructure and an official partnership in the Solana ecosystem, underlining the breadth of the blockchain infrastructure offering.
Perspectives
B2B — organisations perspective
For companies that want to offer blockchain services or participate in decentralized networks, OVHcloud provides ready-to-use infrastructure that makes building their own data centres unnecessary. The combination of bare-metal performance, private networks, and global distribution enables B2B customers to operate node hosting as a professional managed service and focus on their core business.
Employees perspective
For technical staff in blockchain projects, node hosting at OVHcloud means a significant reduction in operational effort, as hardware procurement, maintenance, and network administration are eliminated. At the same time, working with professional cloud infrastructure for blockchain opens up new learning opportunities at the interface of cloud engineering and decentralized protocols.
Benefits
General
- Highly available infrastructure with global distribution across 43 data centres and 100 Tbit/s network capacity significantly reduces the risk of node failures.
- Bare-metal servers offer predictable, dedicated performance without the overhead costs of virtualised environments.
- Private vRack connections isolate node data traffic and increase the security of blockchain participation.
- Companies can participate in various blockchain networks and scale quickly without investing in their own hardware.
B2B — organisations
- Rapid market launch of blockchain services without prior infrastructure investments and long procurement times.
- Access to an established global network with redundant connection points that meets the requirements of professional blockchain operators.
- Ability to distribute nodes across multiple continents, thereby fulfilling the decentralisation requirements of various protocols.
Employees
- Reduction of manual operational tasks through professionally managed data centre infrastructure, allowing teams to focus on protocol and application development.
- Access to extensive monitoring and network management tools that make node operation transparent and controllable.
Challenges
General
- Dependence on a central cloud provider somewhat contradicts the decentralisation concept of blockchain networks and must be strategically weighed up.
- Regulatory requirements regarding data sovereignty and server locations can create additional complexity depending on the jurisdiction.
- Concrete ROI figures and cost comparisons with self-operated scenarios are not publicly available, making business case evaluation difficult.
B2B — organisations
- Integration of existing IT systems and monitoring solutions with OVHcloud infrastructure requires initial configuration effort.
- Dependence on the price development and business conditions of a single cloud provider for critical blockchain infrastructure carries vendor lock-in risks.
Employees
- Technical teams need to build knowledge in both cloud infrastructure and blockchain protocols, creating a specialised training requirement.
Technology foundation
OVHcloud relies on bare-metal servers, private vRack connections, and a global data centre infrastructure with 100 Tbit/s network capacity and 44 redundant points of presence worldwide. This infrastructure is suitable for blockchain workloads because validator nodes require high availability, low latency, and isolated networks, which are ensured by bare-metal and private VLANs. Supported blockchain networks include, among others, Solana, Bitcoin SV, and Tezos, highlighting the technology openness of the approach.
Implementation examples
Stakely validator node operation on OVHcloud infrastructure
As a growing staking provider, Stakely needed scalable, highly available server infrastructure to operate validator nodes across multiple Proof-of-Stake networks without the effort and cost of running its own data centre.
Stakely, a professional staking provider, operates its validator node infrastructure on OVHcloud, utilising the provider’s global data centre structure for a highly available and energy-efficient staking platform. The partnership enables Stakely to run nodes for multiple Proof-of-Stake networks without investing in its own hardware.
Stakely is a specialised staking service that enables investors to participate in Proof-of-Stake networks by validating their cryptocurrencies and generating staking rewards. For this operation, highly available, high-performance, and energy-efficient server capacities are essential, as any node downtime directly leads to lost staking earnings. OVHcloud provides Stakely with bare-metal servers and private network connections that, according to the joint case study, enable a powerful and energy-efficient platform. The geographical distribution of OVHcloud data centres allows Stakely to operate nodes redundantly across different regions, thus meeting the decentralisation requirements of the supported networks. Specific figures on costs, downtime, or ROI are not mentioned in publicly available sources about this collaboration.
The main challenge was to provide an infrastructure that meets both the high performance requirements of validator nodes and the energy efficiency and availability demands of a professional staking operation.
Tags
Blockchain infrastructure, Node hosting, Validator, Web3, Bare metal, Decentralisation, Cloud