Vultr is a privately owned cloud infrastructure company that provides cloud computing, GPU infrastructure, storage and AI cloud services. Founded in 2014 by David Aninowsky and headquartered in Florida, USA, Vultr competes with hyperscalers such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud, while positioning itself as a simpler, lower-cost and more developer-friendly alternative.
The company is particularly known for its global edge cloud infrastructure, high-performance GPU cloud environments, AI model training infrastructure, low-latency compute services, simplified cloud pricing and developer-focused deployment tools. Vultr operates data centres across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East (32 to date, and 33 with Milan).
In recent years, Vultr has become increasingly prominent in AI infrastructure through offerings including NVIDIA GPU cloud instances, AMD GPU infrastructure, AI inference environments, private AI cloud deployments and sovereign AI infrastructure options.
Vultr’s customer base is believed to include developers, startups, MSPs, SaaS companies, AI firms, gaming companies and enterprises requiring scalable cloud infrastructure.
Vultr in Milan, Italy
Vultr has launched its 33rd global cloud data center region in Milan, coinciding with AI Week 2026 at Fiera Milano Rho, where over 700 international speakers will gather for Europe’s largest AI event. Vultr is a platinum sponsor and is also co-hosting the AI Agent Olympics Hackathon with over 1,000 participants.
Milan becomes Vultr’s ninth European cloud data center region, joining Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Manchester, Paris, Stockholm, and Warsaw.
This launch represents the company’s latest expansion of a global network reaching 90% of the world’s population within 2 to 40 milliseconds. Vultr’s cloud data center location will be delivering Vultr’s full-stack AI infrastructure, including Vultr’s flagship cloud compute offering, VX1, in addition to Vultr’s full range of bare metal (servers dedicated to a single tenant) and cloud GPU offerings from NVIDIA and AMD.
The region will serve enterprises and developers running demanding workloads, including AI, SaaS platforms, databases, analytics, ERP software, microservices, and APIs. Vultr Cloud Compute plans are available from 2 to 192 vCPUs, offering dedicated compute resources with broad software compatibility, easy integration, and transparent billing.
Vultr benchmarks show Cloud Compute delivers up to 23% better performance and 33% lower cost than comparable hyperscaler compute plans – resulting in up to 82% better price-to-performance.
Commenting on Vultr’s launch in Italy, J.J. Kardwell, CEO of Vultr, has said:
“Italy is one of Europe’s fastest-growing cloud infrastructure markets, and Milan is at the heart of it. Vultr is here because the enterprises and developers driving that growth need high-performance cloud infrastructure without the cost and complexity of the traditional hyperscalers. This is a long-term investment in Italy and in European AI innovation.”
To further enhance regional connectivity, Vultr is now a connected Autonomous System Number (ASN) at the Milan Internet Exchange (MIX), enabling direct peering with other ASNs on the exchange to keep traffic local, reduce latency, and increase bandwidth for regional users.
