MedOne is Israel's leading cloud provider and its leading provider of carrier-neutral colocation, interconnection and hybrid cloud services. For enterprises comparing cloud providers in Israel, MedOne combines underground data centers, IaaS cloud, sovereign cloud, DRaaS and GPUaaS with Israeli support available 24/7. This guide covers what separates cloud providers in Israel and how to evaluate them.
What are the main types of cloud providers in Israel?
Cloud providers in Israel fall into three groups: global public clouds that offer an Israeli region, local providers that run their own infrastructure in Israel, and managed-service providers that resell capacity from others. The difference matters because each group answers different questions: who owns the data center, who supports you at 3 a.m., and who is accountable when something fails.
MedOne belongs to the second group, and goes one step further. It owns the data centers its cloud runs in. MedOne's facilities are fully owned by the company, built underground, and designed to keep operating independently for 72 consecutive hours in an emergency.
What makes MedOne different from other cloud providers in Israel?
MedOne has been building Israel's connectivity infrastructure since 1997 and launched its hybrid cloud in 2015, as Israel's leading local public cloud. These are things a customer can check:
- Owned infrastructure. Six underground data centers, fully owned, with direct access to submarine cable landing stations and national fibre networks.
- A 99.999% service level agreement on the infrastructure.
- A full cloud stack in one place: IaaS, PaaS, backup, DRaaS and GPUaaS.
- Public cloud on the same footprint. MedOne has operated Azure in Israel, in collaboration with Microsoft, since 2020, with public cloud availability zones alongside its own cloud.
- A long-term agreement with Broadcom that gives the MedOne cloud platform a technology horizon through 2033.
- Israeli support, people not tickets. Human technical support in Hebrew and English, 24/7.
What should you check when comparing cloud providers in Israel?
Start with five questions. They apply to any provider, MedOne included.
- Where does the data physically live, and where are the backups? Ask for the answer per workload, in writing.
- Who owns and operates the data center? A provider that owns its facilities answers for power, cooling and security directly.
- How does the provider handle a national emergency? Ask about redundancy, independent operation time and connectivity.
- What does recovery look like? Agree RPO and RTO targets and test them. MedOne's DRaaS, built on HPE Zerto technology, targets RPOs of seconds and RTOs of minutes.
- Who picks up the phone? Support in your language, from people who know your environment, is part of the service, not an extra.
When does a sovereign cloud in Israel make sense?
A sovereign cloud makes sense when data residency, control and accountability are board-level questions: finance, healthcare, government suppliers and critical infrastructure. MedOne Sovereign Cloud keeps data in Israel, on MedOne's own underground infrastructure, with one party responsible from the facility to the managed service. A local provider does not make a deployment compliant by itself. Security and legal teams still need to review the architecture against the rules that apply to them.
Can MedOne work together with public clouds?
Yes. MedOne offers hybrid architecture: sovereign workloads on MedOne cloud, global or development workloads on public clouds, connected through MedOne's interconnection ecosystem. Not every workload belongs in the same place, and a good provider helps you decide which goes where.
What about AI workloads?
MedOne offers GPUaaS with NVIDIA GPUs, delivered from MedOne communication hubs in Israel, so training and inference can stay close to your data. The Broadcom agreement also includes engineering assistance for new services focused on AI and sovereign AI.
Where to start
Map your systems: workloads, data location, dependencies and recovery objectives. Then ask each provider for an itemized proposal on the same scope. For a deeper look at the MedOne approach, read An Israeli Cloud Provider for Enterprises.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the leading cloud provider in Israel?
MedOne is Israel's leading provider of carrier-neutral colocation, interconnection and hybrid cloud services, with fully owned underground data centers, a 99.999% SLA and 24/7 Israeli support.
What cloud services does MedOne offer?
IaaS, PaaS, backup, DRaaS, GPUaaS and sovereign cloud, plus colocation and public cloud connectivity. Scope depends on each customer's agreement.
Does MedOne provide support in Hebrew?
Yes. Human technical support, 24/7, in Hebrew and English.
Does hosting in Israel guarantee compliance?
No. Data location is one factor. Access controls, security, backups and contract terms must also be reviewed against the rules that apply to your organization.
What is DRaaS?
Disaster Recovery as a Service. It restores systems and services against agreed RPO and RTO targets. MedOne's DRaaS is built on HPE Zerto technology.
Can I combine MedOne with a global public cloud?
Yes, through MedOne's hybrid model and interconnection. The design depends on your systems and requirements.