Private company

Scaleway

Scaleway (formerly Online SAS or Online.net) is a French cloud computing and web hosting company, founded by Xavier Niel in 1999 and a majority owned subsidiary of the Iliad group.1

Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

Aug 30, 2000Founded1
  • Industrydata processing, hosting and related activities1
  • Headquarters8th arrondissement of Paris1
  • Websitewww.scaleway.com

Scaleway (formerly Online SAS or Online.net) is a French cloud computing and web hosting company, founded by Xavier Niel in 1999 and a majority owned subsidiary of the Iliad group.2

How it started

In 1999, Online started its activities in web hosting and domain name registration services

In August 2002, the domain name registrar BookMyName was bought by Iliad from its competitor LDCom.

In May 2006, rental of dedicated servers through the Dedibox brand was launched.

In December 2008, Iliad bought Alice ADSL: They also took over construction and operation of Datacenters, launched in 1999 by ISDnet, bought by Cable & Wireless in January 2000 acquired by Tiscali France in June 2003 and finally renamed as Iliad Datacenter.

In April 2010, Online merges with Dedibox, another subsidiary of Iliad, bringing together different hosting activities under a single brand.

In 2012, the company has opened its third datacenter of 11800 m² in Vitry-sur-Seine after 11 months of construction works. The site received the first Tier-III certification in France by Uptime Institute in January 2014.

From Wikipedia’s article on Scaleway, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Leadership

Who has led Scaleway, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

20052010201520202025
Board members and other officers (1)

Timeline

  1. Jul 16, 2020Renamed Name changed to Scaleway1
  2. Mar 2, 2020New chief executive Yann Lechelle becomes CEO1
  3. Dec 8, 2003Renamed Name changed to Online1
  4. Aug 30, 2000Founded Founded1

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