Leaseweb becomes new VMware Cloud Service Provider Pinnacle tier partner in the Broadcom Advantage Partner Program. Leaseweb to Help Customers Modernize Infrastructure, Accelerate Innovation, and Improve Business Resiliency with VMware Cloud Foundation as a Managed Private Cloud Service July 14, 2026 - Leaseweb today announced the company is now a VMware Cloud Service Provider (VCSP) Pinnacle tier partner in the Broadcom Advantage Partner Program in the United States, European Economic Area, and Singapore. Leaseweb will help mutual enterprise customers to innovate by adopting VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) as their private cloud infrastructure. Leaseweb will offer VMware Cloud Foundation as new managed private or sovereign cloud services, supporting data residency and other jurisdictional controls. "Customers need continuity, control, and confidence in the VMware environments that support their business-critical workloads. As a Broadcom VCSP Pinnacle Partner, Leaseweb provides an authorized path forward, delivered through sovereign-by-design, infrastructure with the resilience, transparency, and scale our customers expect," said Lex Boost, Co-CEO of Leaseweb. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is the platform for the modern private cloud, supporting both virtual machine (VM) and container-based applications on a single unified infrastructure with consistent operations, governance, and controls. With VCF, customers are empowered with a consistent cloud operating model spanning data centers, edge, and managed cloud infrastructure from VCSP partners. VCF combines the agility and scalability of public cloud with the security, performance, architectural control, and total cost of ownership (TCO) benefits of an on-premises environment. "As a Pinnacle partner, Leaseweb's expertise, experience, and influence in the industry will play a crucial role in helping to lead our customers to adopting a modern private cloud," said David Cairns, Director, Cloud Service Provider & OEM Sales at Broadcom. "With VCF, customers benefit from a modern private cloud that accelerates innovation, controls cloud costs, and enables sovereignty and security with data control that supports better compliance and cyber resilience at scale. Our trusted VCSP Pinnacle partners help our mutual customers unlock all of the value from the VCF platform." Pinnacle is the highest program level in the Broadcom Advantage Partner program. Pinnacle partners are Broadcom's most invested and strategic partners, boasting extensive certifications, a track record of significant sales and service achievements, and broad international coverage. Holding Pinnacle status signifies a partner's deep technological know-how and proficiency in addressing the most intricate customer issues. About Leaseweb Leaseweb is a leading sovereign hybrid cloud services provider supporting customers - from small and medium-sized businesses to large enterprises and public sector organizations - with reliable and scalable cloud and hosting solutions. Founded in the Netherlands in 1997, Leaseweb has a global presence with offices in 10 countries. Its global infrastructure spans 28 strategically located data centers and provides a robust foundation for mission-critical websites, applications, and data storage. The Leaseweb portfolio includes sovereign and hybrid Cloud, Dedicated Servers, Colocation, Content Delivery Network (CDN), and a broad range of managed services. Digital sovereignty and independence are core principles across all of Leaseweb's products and services, ensuring that customers retain full legal and operational control over their data and applications. Leaseweb is the only Dutch cloud provider that participates directly in the European innovation program IPCEI-CIS, which aims to strengthen Europe's cloud and edge infrastructure. Through this initiative, the company contributes to the continued development of the cloud industry in the Netherlands and across Europe.

Leaseweb appoints Jeroen Verkroost as Chief Marketing Officer to strengthen brand and accelerate growth of its sovereign hybrid Cloud. Highly Experienced Digital and Technology Leader to Drive Global Marketing Strategy as AI and Cloud Infrastructure Demand Continues to Grow June 11, 2026 - Leaseweb, a leading sovereign hybrid cloud services and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider, today announced the appointment of Jeroen Verkroost as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). With more than 20 years of experience leading digital growth, product innovation, and transformation across technology, media, and telecoms businesses, he will lead Leaseweb's global marketing organization and play a central role in the next phase of the company's growth. In his new role, Verkroost will focus on strengthening Leaseweb's global brand and market positioning. He will work closely with teams across the business to better understand customer needs and ensure marketing remains a key driver of growth as organizations embrace the opportunities presented by AI, digital infrastructure, and the sovereign hybrid cloud. Verkroost joins Leaseweb from Holland Casino, where, as Director of Digital Transformation, he held executive board responsibility for the company's digital growth strategy, technology, and online casino business. In this role, he led a €100M+ online business, delivering 16% revenue growth within 18 months while introducing AI-driven innovation across the organization. Prior to that, he held senior digital leadership roles at Microsoft, DPG Media, and Omnicom over a 20-year period. "Jeroen brings a rare combination of deep technology understanding and commercial marketing leadership, which is exactly what Leaseweb requires at this stage of its growth," said Lex Boost, co-CEO, Leaseweb. "His track record of helping technology-driven businesses to build strong brands is extremely impressive, and we are delighted to welcome him to the team." "Marketing today is about helping customers understand how technology can create a competitive advantage for them," said Verkroost. "Leaseweb is a natively sovereign company that has built an exceptional global platform and reputation. I look forward to helping accelerate growth by strengthening our brand, streamlining and deepening customer engagement, and showcasing the role Leaseweb plays in powering the next generation of AI, cloud, and digital businesses." About Leaseweb Leaseweb is a leading sovereign hybrid cloud services provider supporting customers - from small and medium-sized businesses to large enterprises and public sector organisations - with reliable and scalable cloud and hosting solutions. Founded in the Netherlands in 1997, Leaseweb has a global presence with offices in 10 countries. Its global infrastructure spans 28 strategically located data centres and provides a robust foundation for mission-critical websites, applications, and data storage. The Leaseweb portfolio includes sovereign and hybrid Cloud, Dedicated Servers, Colocation, Content Delivery Network (CDN), and a broad range of managed services. Digital sovereignty and independence are core principles across all of Leaseweb's products and services, ensuring that customers retain full legal and operational control over their data and applications. Leaseweb is the only Dutch cloud provider that participates directly in the European innovation program IPCEI-CIS, which aims to strengthen Europe's cloud and edge infrastructure. Through this initiative, the company contributes to the continued development of the cloud industry in the Netherlands and across Europe.

Leaseweb expands UK Channel investment as demand grows for hybrid infrastructure. By Neil Trim on June 11, 2026 New three-tier partner program and appointment of Jason Goody strengthen focus on MSPs, cloud providers and enterprise infrastructure partners Leaseweb, a leading cloud services and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider, today announced the launch of its new UK channel partner program. This is designed to provide enhanced support for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), cloud and enterprise infrastructure partners working with organisations reassessing workload placement across dedicated, private and public cloud environments. Leaseweb has also appointed Jason Goody as UK Channel Sales Manager to lead and develop the company's channel partner program in the UK. The new UK partner program forms part of Leaseweb's wider investment into its global channel partner network and features a three-tier structure offering highly adaptable reseller, referral and solution partner options which can be tailored to individual business models for different partners. The program is designed with commercial flexibility in mind, to maximise partner value and long-term profitability. It also includes more comprehensive and improved technical and pre-sales assistance to support partners in delivering trusted services to their customers. Leaseweb's channel partners benefit from the company's global, AI-ready infrastructure combined with local data sovereignty options, enabling partners to deliver globally scalable services while maintaining high levels of compliance, performance and control over data residency. This includes access to AI-ready infrastructure and GPU-powered cloud services, enabling partners to support customers as demand for AI, machine learning and other data-intensive workloads continues to grow. With more than 20 years' channel experience, Goody joins Leaseweb from OVHCloud, where he led the company's UK channel program. In his new role, he will focus on expanding Leaseweb's UK partner network and strengthening the surrounding ecosystem across MSPs, system integrators and technology vendors. "I am delighted that Jason has joined our UK team. The UK channel represents a significant growth opportunity as more organisations look to adopt hybrid cloud strategies that offer greater flexibility, control and cost efficiency," said Terry Storrar, managing director UK, Leaseweb. "Our new channel partner program reflects Leaseweb's long-term investment in the partner ecosystem, giving partners the flexibility, support and scalability they need to deliver tailored services to customers. Jason's experience and leadership will be instrumental as we continue to grow and strengthen our UK channel network." Please follow and like us: