--- title: 'ODS Video: Making Large-scale Data Centre Deployment Easy With MAAS' description: Why has cloud computing been so successful? Arguably, it’s the 70s-style pay-as-you-go model of computing that allows companies a low-cost way to build a cloud from zero. More importantly, it’s how the cloud solves the problem of quick machine deployment in fast-paced business environments – provisioning a new PC in minutes. But what if y […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/maas-making-deployment-of-large-scale-data-centres-easy?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Alexia Emmanoulopoulou](https://canonical.com/blog/author/alexia-emman "More about Alexia Emmanoulopoulou") 30 July 2015 # ODS Video: Making Large-scale Data Centre Deployment Easy With MAAS [MAAS](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/maas) [OpenStack](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/openstack) [Training](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/training) --- Share the article Why has cloud computing been so successful? Arguably, it’s the 70s-style pay-as-you-go model of computing that allows companies a low-cost way to build a cloud from zero. More importantly, it’s how the cloud solves the problem of quick machine deployment in fast-paced business environments – provisioning a new PC in minutes. But what if you could unlock the potential in your bare metal and manage it just like you can in the cloud, allowing you to define CPU and RAM requirements as well as location and access credentials? With [MAAS](https://maas.ubuntu.com/) you can. In this, the latest of our OpenStack Summit keynotes, hear from Christian Reis, VP Hyperscale and Storage how MAAS is unlocking the potential in bare metal. Join our Ubuntu OpenStack Fundamentals Training Course to learn about working with MaaS, Juju and Landscape, our industry-leading cloud toolset. Created by Canonical’s Engineering team, the course is a classroom-based combination of lectures and lab work. [Learn more about the program here](http://ubunt.eu/w5Ucbz), and don’t forget to register for our upcoming dates in [Amsterdam](http://ubunt.eu/wJ5fd5), [Chicago](http://ubunt.eu/NbGIJk), and [Washington DC](http://ubunt.eu/gCHY4r). ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### MAAS installation: bare metal provisioning is easier than ever](https://canonical.com/blog/maas-installation-bare-metal-provisioning-is-easier-than-ever) MAAS brings cloud-like automation to physical servers. It helps teams discover, commission, deploy, and repurpose machines from a central control plane, turning bare metal into... [David Beamonte](https://canonical.com/blog/author/dbeamonte) 14 July 2026 [### Managing Ubuntu on bare metal at scale](https://canonical.com/blog/managing-ubuntu-on-bare-metal-at-scale) Modern infrastructure teams are expected to deliver cloud-like speed, consistency, and reliability, even when their workloads run on physical servers. Bare metal remains... [David Beamonte](https://canonical.com/blog/author/dbeamonte) 9 July 2026 [### Ubuntu Server: a platform made for enterprise scale](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-server-a-platform-made-for-enterprise-scale) A platform is an environment that allows software to run smoothly across the infrastructure, runtime, and application layers. The key word there is “smoothly”: a good platform... [Rhys Knipe](https://canonical.com/blog/author/rhysknipe) 7 July 2026 [### VMware hypervisor deployment using MAAS](https://canonical.com/blog/vmware-hypervisor-deployment-using-maas) Most modern datacenters are inherently heterogeneous. VMware environments coexist with container platforms, databases, and other bare-metal workloads, often on the same... [David Beamonte](https://canonical.com/blog/author/dbeamonte) 28 May 2026