OVH offers very cheap dedicated servers and VPS, which makes AS16276 a heavy source of game servers, self-hosted services, Tor relays and, unfortunately, abuse traffic. Its Canadian data centre (Beauharnois, Quebec) hosts a large share of North American OVH addresses.
Networks (ASN) / AS16276
AS16276 OVH SAS
HostingFR
Europe's largest hosting provider (Roubaix, France), with data centres in France, Canada, the UK, Germany, Poland, Singapore and Australia.
Frequently asked questions
Why does an OVH IP geolocate to Roubaix when the server is in Canada?
Registration data. OVH's BHS ranges are registered to the French parent; better databases use routing and latency data to place them in Quebec.