Leaseweb and ITQ will jointly offer VMware Cloud Foundation services in Europe. Leaseweb recently became a Broadcom VMware VCSP Pinnacle partner, after which ITQ selected the company as its infrastructure partner. The partnership combines ITQ’s VMware expertise with Leaseweb’s sovereign hybrid cloud.
The partnership with ITQ was announced today, two days ago, Leaseweb was awarded VCSP Pinnacle status. Only a handful of companies hold this status, Broadcom introduced the current structure to replace the old VMware partner program. Today, the VCSP model operates on an invitation-only basis with significantly fewer partners. Many providers did not have their contracts renewed or converted to this status.
Why Pinnacle matters
Pinnacle is the highest tier within the program. Broadcom reserves this tier for partners with extensive certifications and proven expertise in delivering VMware Cloud Foundation as-a-Service. VCF has now become the unified platform for private cloud, supporting both VMs and containers on a single infrastructure.
For customers who do not renew, this partnership offers a solution. “Together, we offer all Broadcom VMware VCSP partners who do not renew their partnership and wish to ensure the continuity of their services (…) a secure foundation,” said Francisco Perez van der Oord, founder and president of ITQ.
Sovereignty as a starting point
The services run on a European infrastructure that, according to the company, is designed to be “sovereign-by-design.” This aligns with Leaseweb’s broader profile: the company is the only Dutch cloud provider directly participating in the European IPCEI-CIS innovation program.
ITQ became part of the VMware Private AI ecosystem as early as September 2025, focusing on AI workloads in private and hybrid cloud environments. A caveat regarding the sovereignty narrative: industry association CISPE states that Broadcom, as an American company, falls under the CLOUD Act and therefore does not fully qualify as sovereign.