zCloud is a managed private cloud environment that provides access to dedicated virtual machines, scalable storage, and backup-as-a-service. All of this is hosted inside 639Cloud’s solar-powered data centers. Unlike public cloud platforms that abstract infrastructure behind layers of automation and shared tenancy, zCloud offers a composable and transparent alternative where each customer receives isolated resources and full root access.
This makes zCloud a strong option for developers, DevOps teams, and technical leads who want predictable performance, compliance-ready architecture, and sustainable compute infrastructure, without having to manage servers or data centers themselves.
zCloud Characteristics
There are four key characteristics that define the zCloud experience:
1. Managed Infrastructure with Full Control
zCloud handles the underlying infrastructure including hardware, power, cooling, and redundancy, while still giving your team complete control at the VM and OS level. You deploy your workloads, install your own tooling, and manage your environments exactly how you want.
2. Predictable Performance and Isolation
Each zCloud deployment is provisioned as a fully isolated tenant environment. There are no noisy neighbors or shared resource pools. This makes zCloud ideal for performance-sensitive workloads like CI/CD pipelines, video rendering, analytics, or batch compute.
3. Sovereign by Design
zCloud is not just another hosted platform. It is built for sovereignty. Each customer environment runs in private infrastructure with strict control over data location and access. For organizations in regulated industries, this level of control supports compliance requirements without the need to operate a full data center.
4. Sustainable from the Start
Every zCloud deployment runs inside 639Cloud’s solar-powered data centers. There is no carbon offsetting or unclear green claims, only clean energy and high-efficiency compute from the start. This allows teams to scale responsibly without compromising performance or environmental goals.
Why zCloud Matters
Most developers are familiar with the tradeoffs of cloud infrastructure. Hyperscaler platforms offer convenience but limit transparency and consistency. On the other hand, self-hosted environments offer full control but demand significant investment in time, staffing, and lifecycle management.
zCloud offers a third option.
It combines the reliability and scale of Zadara’s enterprise infrastructure with 639Cloud’s clean power architecture and developer-first provisioning. This lets teams deploy faster, run with confidence, and stay aligned with long-term infrastructure and compliance strategies. It is the kind of platform you would build yourself if you had the time, resources, and a solar grid.
zCloud vs. Self-Hosted Infrastructure
Here’s how zCloud compares to managing your own infrastructure stack:
Ownership and Maintenance
With self-hosting, your team provisions bare metal or virtual machines, manages storage, monitors uptime, and handles all security patches. zCloud shifts that responsibility to the platform. You maintain control at the OS level without dealing with the hardware underneath.
Sustainability and Power Source
Most traditional data centers run on grid power. zCloud operates entirely on solar, offering cleaner infrastructure with no additional effort from your team.
Deployment Speed
Self-hosted environments require time to provision, test, and monitor. With zCloud, you can launch isolated environments in minutes, ready for production workloads.
Compliance and Data Residency
Self-hosting gives physical control over data. zCloud delivers similar guarantees through isolated, per-customer environments running in known geographic regions, without requiring your team to manage racks or facility access.
Who Is zCloud For?
zCloud was designed for teams that want infrastructure they can control without managing infrastructure they have to own.
This includes:
- Development teams that want more transparency and performance than public clouds allow
- Organizations with data compliance or residency requirements
- Workloads that require consistent I/O, low latency, and isolated resources
- Companies with sustainability goals that still require high-performance infrastructure
Whether you're running SaaS environments, processing large media files, managing critical internal systems, or building microservices architectures, zCloud provides a clean, scalable foundation with full visibility and support.
