A hyperscale cloud is an extensive, scalable cloud computing operation that employs numerous hyperscale data centers. Hyperscale cloud providers use these geographically dispersed data centers to deliver access and services to a global customer base.

Moreover, hyperscale cloud providers offer infrastructure as a service (IaaS), software as a service and platform as a service (PaaS) models, as well as application delivery, development, cloud storage, networking, AI and compute capabilities. While public cloud capabilities are typically the core of hyperscale cloud operations, most hyperscale cloud providers also offer private cloud functionality.

Routinely engineered to scale horizontally, hyperscale cloud facilities rapidly expand access to resources as demand for those resources increases. A hyperscale cloud provider often supports thousands of servers and millions of virtual machines in a single deployment, ensuring sufficient scalability and flexibility for the provider and any organization using the service.