Azure Hybrid Cloud in Switzerland

Run Microsoft Azure. Keep mission critical workloads under control.

Microsoft Azure has become a core component of many organizations' IT strategies. The challenge today is no longer whether to adopt cloud services, but how to combine cloud platforms, local infrastructure, and mission critical workloads in a way that aligns with performance, data residency, compliance, and availability requirements.

Not every application or workload is best suited for an exclusive public cloud deployment. Azure Local extends the Azure ecosystem by enabling organizations to run selected workloads in a local deployment environment while maintaining seamless integration with Azure services and management tools.

Azure Local needs the right environment
Building a successful hybrid architecture requires more than a platform. It requires the right Datacenter infrastructure, reliable connectivity, and a location capable of supporting demanding requirements for data residency, business continuity, and resilience.

Within Green's highly available Swiss data centers, organizations can run Azure Local while benefiting from close integration with Microsoft Azure. Together with Microsoft, systems integrators, and hardware partners, Green enables hybrid cloud architectures that connect cloud services, local workloads, and mission critical applications into a cohesive operating model.

This allows organizations to place mission critical workloads where they deliver the greatest value based on security, performance, compliance, and operational requirements.

Key Benefits at a Glance

• Azure Local hosted within Swiss data centers
• Direct connectivity to Microsoft Azure through Azure ExpressRoute
• Swiss data residency and data center location
• High availability for mission critical workloads
• Geographically redundant data center infrastructure
• Carrier-neutral connectivity
• Flexible deployment models ranging from individual racks to private cages
• A foundation for hybrid cloud, AI initiatives, business continuity, and data center exit strategies

Connect your infrastructure to Azure with ExpressRoute

A hybrid cloud strategy is only as effective as the connection between cloud platforms, data centers, and business applications.

By leveraging Azure ExpressRoute, Green provides a dedicated and reliable connection to Microsoft Azure. Organizations can seamlessly integrate cloud services with local infrastructure, creating resilient hybrid environments for mission critical applications, data platforms, and AI initiatives.

The combination of highly available data center infrastructure, carrier-neutral connectivity, and Azure ExpressRoute enables organizations to leverage Azure services while meeting demanding requirements for performance, availability, compliance, and data governance.

Benefits of Azure ExpressRoute with Green

• Private network connection to Microsoft Azure via Azure ExpressRoute
• High-performance networking for hybrid cloud architectures
• Lower latency for data-intensive workloads
• Secure communication between Azure and your infrastructure

We bring the right partners together

Microsoft, hardware partners, integrators, and managed service providers working as one ecosystem

Successful Azure Local deployments rely on the collaboration of multiple specialists. Green brings together the right technology, infrastructure, and integration partners to create a secure, scalable, and future-ready hybrid cloud architecture.

Data center exit: Why more organizations are rethinking their infrastructure strategy

For many years, operating infrastructure in company-owned facilities was the natural choice. Servers, applications, and data resided in environments that organizations controlled directly and managed themselves. Today, the landscape looks very different.

Power, cooling, security, and availability requirements continue to increase. At the same time, cloud adoption, AI initiatives, and modern data platforms are fundamentally changing the demands placed on infrastructure.

The question is no longer whether an organization can continue operating its own Datacenter. The question is whether doing so remains the best strategic choice for the future.

Why organizations consider a data center exit

Many existing data centers were designed for requirements that no longer reflect today's reality. Common challenges include:

• Limited power and cooling capacity
• Increasing infrastructure and operational investments
• Rising availability and security requirements
• Growing demand from AI and data-intensive workloads
• Complex business continuity and disaster recovery requirements
• Limited flexibility to support future infrastructure strategies

At the same time, organizations want to maintain control over mission critical applications, sensitive data, and business operations.

Hybrid cloud as a strategic approach

A data center exit does not necessarily mean moving everything into the public cloud. Many organizations are adopting hybrid operating models that place workloads where they create the greatest value.

• Scalable cloud services
• Local workloads with specific data residency, compliance, or control requirements
• Dedicated infrastructure for mission critical systems
• Private cloud and colocation models for sensitive applications

The result is a modern infrastructure architecture that combines innovation, control, flexibility, and resilience.

Why organizations choose Green

Green helps organizations modernize infrastructure strategies while reducing the complexity of operating their own data center environments. From the initial assessment through planning, migration, and long-term operation, Green works closely with customers and the broader Green ecosystem to support every stage of the data center transformation journey.

Together with Microsoft, hardware partners, systems integrators, managed service providers, and experienced specialists from the Green ecosystem, organizations gain access to the expertise required to design, implement, and operate modern hybrid cloud architectures.

With state-of-the-art Swiss data centers, geographically redundant locations, direct cloud connectivity, colocation, rack housing, and private cages, Green provides a future-ready foundation for long-term infrastructure planning.

Organizations benefit from:

• Highly available data center infrastructure
• Swiss data residency
• Direct connectivity to Microsoft Azure and other leading cloud platforms
• Exceptional energy efficiency
• Carrier-neutral connectivity
• Flexible growth without additional data center investments
• Support for business continuity and disaster recovery strategies
• Access to an experienced ecosystem of technology, integration, and infrastructure partners

Turning a data center exit into a competitive advantage

A Datacenter exit is far more than an infrastructure project. It creates an opportunity to modernize IT environments, optimize operating costs, strengthen resilience, and prepare for future cloud, data, and AI initiatives.

By combining the right technology, integration, and infrastructure partners, organizations can build an environment that supports long-term growth, operational flexibility, and business success.

Frequently asked questions about Azure Local at Green