APL assists Groupe La Poste in optimizing and streamlining its IT hosting sites

Published on May 24, 2026 -

Groupe La Poste, in figures: 2022 revenue of over 35 billion euros, of which 56% domestic and 44% international Over 238,000 employees 17,000 contact points in France Five entities: corporate and mail services, mail and parcel sending and delivery services, banking and insurance, consumer and digital, and Docaposte

Client company

Groupe La Poste

Industry

Services

Type of support

Consulting, audit, and project management assistance

Type of service

Consulting and assistance for IT hosting site management

Context and objectives of the assignment

To support all its business lines and ensure services to its customers, Groupe La Poste relies on information systems hosted in 15 data centers, 13 of which are provided by nine colocation hosting providers. These sites are almost all located in France and primarily concentrated in the Paris region.

Given this volume and the criticality of IT hosting, Groupe La Poste's challenges are to:

Have flexible shell space hosting adapted to IT system evolution, particularly the development of hybrid solutions
Strengthen resilience through secure and redundant hosting solutions
Develop a high-performance CSR approach
Streamline its data centers at the group level
Improve operational and economic control of hosting sites

Completed assignments

Support in defining the group's hosting strategy
Market analysis and assistance in selecting hosting providers
Audit of colocation hosting sites and technical installations in terms of service continuity, operating conditions, and physical security
Tiering verification of the main data center for the corporate and mail business division and Tier III compliance implementation
Analysis of incidents, planned maintenance work and operations, and associated costs
Recommendations and advice to improve site energy efficiency
Assistance during acceptance, evolution, and layout operations

Client benefits

Expertise across all technical systems of data centers
In-depth knowledge of the colocation hosting market
Regular assistance, evolving according to needs, events, and hosting-related challenges
Analysis, recommendations, and regular monitoring of hosting site evolution and continuous improvement approach
Verification of hosting alignment with contractual commitments and Groupe La Poste requirements

Our solutions for

APL Data Center designs and optimizes critical infrastructures capable of meeting the major challenges of the digital age: data security, service continuity, scalability, cost control and sustainability.
Through a global approach integrating innovation and CSR, we support every type of client in creating next-generation data centers tailored to their uses and constraints.

Hyperscaler

On the scale of major cloud operators, APL Data Center designs and deploys infrastructures built for performance, resilience and energy efficiency, to support the global rise of cloud and AI and to build the responsible data centers of tomorrow.

Colocation

Faced with the challenges of availability and proximity of digital services, APL Data Center supports hosting providers in creating modular, secure, and scalable data centers. Designed infrastructures meet the needs of distributed cloud and edge architectures.

Company

To support the digital transformation of organizations, APL Data Center designs and optimizes reliable, scalable, and sustainable data centers. These sovereign infrastructures meet the performance, security, and compliance requirements of businesses.

Public sector

Serving public sector actors, APL Data Center designs secure, compliant, and eco-efficient data centers that meet regulatory requirements and digital sovereignty challenges while guaranteeing service continuity.