Type
Business expansion
Country
France
Region
Nord - Pas-De-Calais; Nord;
Location of affected unit(s)
Roubaix
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Service Activities
Information Service Activities
63 - Information service activities

110 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
29 June 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

IT company OVH has announced the recruitment of 110 new staff in 2011 and its workforce could reach 700 employees in 2012. More than half of the new hires have already been recruited. Established in 1999, the company has became the most important web hosting company in France. It opened a new data center in Roubaix in 2011 and expects to build a new one in nine months to cope with increased demand. The company employs 350 employees worldwide.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2011), OVH, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 72536, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72536.