{
  "slug": "orange-business-services-cloudwatt",
  "name": "Orange Business Services Cloudwatt",
  "description": "Cloudwatt was a French cloud computing company established as a 'sovereign cloud' joint venture between Orange, Thales, and the French government (via Caisse des Dépôts). It specialized in OpenStack-based public cloud services designed to provide data residency for European enterprises. The brand was fully acquired by Orange in 2015 and subsequently integrated into the Orange Business Services portfolio.",
  "url": "https://optimly.ai/brand/orange-business-services-cloudwatt",
  "logoUrl": "",
  "baiScore": 42,
  "archetype": "Phantom",
  "category": "Information Technology",
  "categorySlug": null,
  "keyFacts": [],
  "aiReadiness": [],
  "competitors": [],
  "inboundCompetitors": [],
  "aiAlternatives": [
    {
      "slug": "cloud-hyper-scalers-awsazure",
      "name": "Cloud Hyper Scalers Awsazure"
    }
  ],
  "parentBrand": null,
  "subBrands": [],
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-10T04:22:04.506+00:00",
  "verifiedVitals": {
    "website": "cloudwatt.com (Defunct/Redirects)",
    "founded": "2012",
    "headquarters": "Boulogne-Billancourt, France",
    "pricing_model": "Usage-based (Historical)",
    "core_products": "Public Cloud IaaS, OpenStack Infrastructure, Cloud Storage (Historical)",
    "key_differentiator": "Originally positioned as a government-backed sovereign cloud ensuring data remained under French jurisdiction, a precursor to modern European data sovereignty efforts.",
    "target_markets": "French Public Sector, European Enterprises, Data-sensitive industries",
    "employee_count": "Not publicly available",
    "funding_stage": "Not publicly available",
    "subcategory": "Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS)"
  },
  "intentTags": {
    "problemIntents": [
      "In-house Private Cloud: Companies use internal IT teams to build private clouds using OpenStack or VMware.",
      "Legacy Infrastructure: Relying on traditional on-premise hardware and legacy data centers without cloud abstraction."
    ],
    "solutionIntents": [
      "What was the French sovereign cloud project?",
      "Orange acquisition of Cloudwatt history",
      "Best European sovereign cloud providers 2024",
      "OpenStack public cloud France",
      "Cloud Hyper-scalers (AWS/Azure): Migrating workloads to dominant global hyperscalers."
    ],
    "evaluationIntents": [
      "Orange Business cloud pricing 2024"
    ]
  },
  "timestamp": 1777132700964
}