For modern businesses, cloud infrastructure is no longer only about storage or server space. It is about speed, consistency, and the ability to serve customers wherever they are. OpenMetal, Inc. understands that strong infrastructure must perform well across regions while remaining simple to manage and predictable in cost. As a privately held American cloud infrastructure company, OpenMetal has created a model that connects global reach with local performance, helping businesses operate with greater confidence in an increasingly connected world.
OpenMetal provides Infrastructure as a Service solutions that include bare metal servers, hosted private clouds, storage clusters, and GPU servers. Its services are designed for organizations that depend on stable performance and reliable access to their systems every day. Many companies today face challenges with traditional cloud providers where shared resources, changing costs, and limited control create unnecessary complexity. OpenMetal takes a different path by focusing on dedicated infrastructure supported by a carefully planned international presence.
The company’s story began inside InMotion Hosting, where the original platform was developed to expand the use of OpenStack and Ceph. These two open source technologies became the technical backbone of the business because they offered flexibility, scalability, and trusted performance. What started as an internal infrastructure project grew into a larger vision. In 2021, founders Todd Robinson and Sunil Saxena established OpenMetal as an independent company, allowing it to focus entirely on delivering private cloud and dedicated infrastructure services.
Headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, OpenMetal built its growth strategy around a simple understanding that location matters. Infrastructure must be close to users if businesses want faster applications, smoother customer experiences, and stronger operational efficiency. Instead of relying on a single region, the company expanded its operations across four major locations: Los Angeles, California; Ashburn, Virginia; Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Singapore.
Each facility strengthens the company’s ability to serve customers across different markets. Los Angeles supports the western United States and provides strong access to international connections across the Pacific. Ashburn, Virginia, one of the most important technology and network hubs in the country, gives customers reliable access to the eastern United States and enterprise markets. Amsterdam serves as a gateway to Europe and supports customers across one of the world’s most connected business regions. Singapore extends OpenMetal’s presence into Asia, helping businesses reach growing digital markets with improved speed and lower latency.
This global structure allows customers to place their workloads where performance matters most. Software as a service providers, managed service providers, and hosting companies often depend on low latency and fast response times to maintain customer trust. A delay of even a few seconds can affect user experience and business results. By operating across these key regions, OpenMetal helps customers improve performance while keeping management centralized and efficient.
To maintain these operations, OpenMetal leases colocation space from NTT in Virginia and Digital Realty for its other global locations. These partnerships provide access to secure, well-established data center environments with strong operational standards. This allows the company to focus on delivering its own infrastructure services while ensuring that customers benefit from trusted facilities across every region.
Technology is what connects this global footprint into one reliable platform. OpenMetal uses OpenStack as the management platform for its hosted private cloud services. This gives customers the ability to deploy, manage, and scale infrastructure in a cloud-based environment while retaining the power of dedicated hardware. It creates a balance between flexibility and control, allowing businesses to manage operations across multiple regions without losing visibility.
Ceph storage clusters form the platform’s storage foundation. As businesses handle larger amounts of data, storage must remain reliable and scalable. Ceph helps OpenMetal deliver distributed storage solutions that grow with customer needs while maintaining strong performance. This is especially valuable for businesses operating across several locations where consistent access to data is essential.
Bare metal servers are another important part of OpenMetal’s model. Unlike shared cloud systems, where resources are divided among multiple users, bare-metal servers provide each customer with dedicated hardware. This ensures stable performance, stronger security, and greater predictability for important workloads. When combined with regional deployment options, customers gain both local speed and dedicated performance.
The company also offers GPU servers and clusters for advanced workloads such as machine learning, rendering, and large-scale data processing. Hosted private clouds and Ceph storage clusters complete the service portfolio, creating a full infrastructure environment for businesses that need more than standard public cloud services can provide.
OpenMetal mainly serves mid-market customers that require enterprise-level reliability without hyperscale complexity. These businesses value the company’s fixed monthly pricing model because it removes the uncertainty of usage-based billing. With clear pricing and access to global infrastructure, customers can expand into new markets while keeping financial planning simple and predictable.
In 2025, Jamie Tischart was appointed Chief Technology Officer to lead the continued development of private cloud and dedicated infrastructure services. His appointment showed the company’s ongoing focus on technical improvement and growth. Strong leadership helps OpenMetal continue refining its platform while staying focused on customer needs.
The company has also earned industry recognition for its work. OpenMetal was named a Cloud Infrastructure Winner by CloudX in 2023 and became a finalist for Best Cloud Infrastructure in The Cloud Awards during 2022 and 2023. Info Tech Research Group rated the company highly for strategy and innovation, product impact, and conflict resolution. In the same year, it was also nominated for the Superuser Awards by the OpenInfra Foundation.
OpenMetal has shown that strong infrastructure is not only about scale but also about placement, performance, and trust. By combining global data center coverage with dedicated systems and practical cloud management, the company delivers infrastructure that feels both powerful and dependable. Its ability to connect global reach with local performance continues to make it a strong choice for businesses operating across a competitive digital landscape.
