About us

Our mission is the reliable and proactive operation of your modern cloud infrastructure. We get up every day to deliver outstanding service to our friends, partners, and customers. We are proud of our work and we love to present it to you and the world.

Henrik Hasenkamp, CEO gridscale, 12th Oct 2018

How It Started

After more than ten years in companies in the international cloud and hosting technologies and working with quite a few DAX and Fortune 500 companies, our founders knew that the demands on IT projects and the infrastructure behind them would continue to increase and that companies would need to be able to adapt quickly. It was clear that medium-sized companies could no longer operate the increasingly complex technology landscape on their own.

The birth of gridscale and the idea of making hyper-scaler technologies available locally and in private environments without technological dependency.

PS: We’re hiring!

Our Culture

Our corporate culture creates space for creative ideas and exceptional people. We give our employees the freedom they need to develop. We create something new every day and consistently strive to push the boundaries of what is possible. Wherever possible, we dispense with structures and hierarchies and deal with each other openly. Every employee is part of gridscale and shapes the history and the future of gridscale.

Chronology

August 2023

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gridscale is acquired by OVHcloud.

August 2023

June 2023

Auszeichnung Audit

Successful certification according to ISAE 3402.

June 2023

June 2023

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Backup-as-a-Service from Acronis is available in Marketplace.

June 2023

January 2023

gridscale is named Public Cloud Rising Star by ISG for the second year in a row!

January 2023

September 2022

Successful Audit after ISO 14001 and ISO 27017.

September 2022

April 2022

MightyCare Solutions GmbH and gridscale enter into a strategic partnership.

April 2022

December 2021

gridscale is announced as Public Cloud Rising Star 2021 by IT analyst firm ISG. We are very proud.

December 2021

November 2021

gridscale GPU provides high-performance computing for AI, machine learning, and big data

November 2021

September 2021

Platinum Award for gridscale Kubernetes at Service Provider Summit 2021

September 2021

August 2021

Thomas Krenn AG and gridscale enter into a strategic partnership.

August 2021

May 2021

With Virtual Locations, gridscale enables the relocation of private and sensitive workloads to the public cloud.

May 2021

March 2021

After a successful LAB phase, gridscale releases one of the fastest available storages.

March 2021

November 2020

As a partner for the Swiss market, we warmly welcome hosttech. From now on, all gridscale customers can also access secure data centers in Switzerland.

November 2020

October 2020

Growth capital as an investment in the gridscale Hybrid Core product – your sovereign and private cloud based on gridscale technology.

October 2020

June 2020

Successful Audit after ISO 27.001 and ISO 27.018.

June 2020

April 2020

Growth continues, with additional office space. Now on 1,300 sqm in Cologne-Ehrenfeld.

April 2020

January 2020

After a successful LAB phase, we release our Managed Kubernetes stack on gridscale.

January 2020

December 2019

The gridscale reseller panel receives the most comprehensive update in its history.

December 2019

November 2019

Successful Trusted Cloud certification

November 2019

September 2019

gridscale is committed as a member of EuroCloud and eco e.V.

September 2019

January 2019

gridscale successfully completes Series-A financing with €7 million in growth capital

January 2019

January 2019

Move to our office in Cologne-Ehrenfeld

January 2019

January 2019

Award by Initiative Mittelstand

January 2019

November 2018

Awarded as “Innovator” in the Crisp Vendor Universe

November 2018

April 2018

gridscale releases comprehensive PaaS offerings with databases, load balancers, and other practical services.

April 2018

March 2018

Publication of our API documentation followed by invitations to developer communities.

March 2018

February 2018

gridscale joins
Open Source Business Alliance 

February 2018

September 2016

Successful seed financing for gridscale

September 2016

September 2016

Expansion of the data centers in Frankfurt. Commissioning of further availability zones.

September 2016

October 2015

End of closed beta phase & official launch of gridscale.io

October 2015

June 2015

Carsten and Marc Dittmann become shareholders

June 2015

February 2015

Development of the second prototype

February 2015

August 2014

The foundation of gridscale GmbH with Michael, Torsten, and Henrik

August 2014

April 2014

The idea and concept for gridscale was born.

April 2014