Vultr opens Milan cloud region to target AI demand
Thu, 21st May 2026 (Today)
European expansion
Vultr has opened a cloud data centre region in Milan, its 33rd globally and ninth in Europe.
The launch expands its European presence alongside existing locations in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Manchester, Paris, Stockholm and Warsaw. The new region is intended to meet Italian demand for cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence workloads.
The facility will provide access to the group's cloud compute service, VX1, as well as bare metal servers and cloud GPU products based on Nvidia and AMD hardware. The region is aimed at enterprises and developers running AI services, software-as-a-service platforms, databases, analytics systems, ERP software, microservices and application programming interfaces.
Local connectivity
Vultr has also connected as an Autonomous System Number at the Milan Internet Exchange, or MIX. The direct peering arrangement is designed to keep more traffic within the region and reduce latency for users in and around Milan.
Vultr's network now spans 33 cloud data centre regions worldwide. The company says that footprint places 90% of the global population within 2 to 40 milliseconds of one of its locations.
Italy has become a growing focus for infrastructure providers as demand rises for cloud services, AI computing and local data processing. Milan has emerged as a focal point for that investment because of its concentration of businesses, network links and technology activity.
Compute focus
In Milan, Vultr's cloud compute plans range from 2 to 192 virtual CPUs and offer dedicated compute resources for a wide range of software environments.
The company also cited internal benchmarking showing its cloud compute product delivered up to 23% better performance and 33% lower cost than comparable plans from larger cloud rivals, resulting in up to 82% better price-to-performance. Those figures were not independently verified.
Founded by David Aninowsky, Vultr describes itself as the largest privately held cloud infrastructure company. It says it serves hundreds of thousands of active customers across 185 countries.
Its growth has been backed by outside investment in recent years. In December 2024, Vultr announced an equity financing that valued the business at USD $3.5 billion.
Italy investment
Chief Executive Officer J.J. Kardwell outlined the rationale for the move into Milan.
"Italy is one of Europe's fastest-growing cloud infrastructure markets, and Milan is at the heart of it," said J.J. Kardwell, Chief Executive Officer, Vultr.
"Vultr is here because the enterprises and developers driving that growth need high-performance cloud infrastructure without the cost and complexity of traditional hyperscalers. This is a long-term investment in Italy and in European AI innovation," added Kardwell.