Ashburn (Virginia) servers in the datacenter

Ashburn — Northern Virginia, USA — is the single largest datacenter market in the world. It is the de-facto US East peering hub, with Equinix Ashburn's IX representing the densest concentration of network presence on the planet outside Frankfurt. Our Ashburn deployment sits in the Equinix Ashburn campus (DC-series), with direct cross-connect to the Internet Exchange.

Ashburn is the obligatory choice for any US-targeted workload. Median latency to New York is 5-10 ms, to Boston 10-15 ms, to Atlanta 15-20 ms, to Chicago 20-25 ms — Ashburn covers the entire US East coast and most of the Midwest with single-digit-to-low-double-digit RTT. It's also the closest North American location to Europe, with sub-90 ms RTT to Frankfurt and Amsterdam, making it the natural pair for any transatlantic deployment.

Facility details

Carrier-neutral colocation, redundant power and cooling, and direct internet exchange peering.

Facility: Equinix Ashburn (DC-series)
Internet Exchange: Internet Exchange Ashburn
Datacenter Tier: Tier III+
Power Capacity: Multi-MW redundant
Redundancy: N+1 power and cooling
Compliance: SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA-eligible
Carrier Neutral: Yes

Latency from Ashburn

Approximate round-trip times to major destinations.

Destination	Round-trip time
New York (NY4/NYIIX)	5-8 ms
Atlanta	15-18 ms
Chicago	20-25 ms
Dallas	35-40 ms
Frankfurt (DE-CIX)	85-95 ms
Amsterdam (AMS-IX)	75-85 ms
London (LINX)	70-80 ms

Latency values are approximate, based on typical fiber routing between metros. Real-world RTT varies with carrier path, traffic, and TCP retransmission.

Best for

Workloads that benefit most from a Ashburn deployment.

US-targeted SaaS, e-commerce, and APIs where Ashburn covers the East Coast, Midwest, and South with single-digit to low-double-digit RTT via Equinix IX peering.

Trading and finance VPS that need the shortest path to NY4 ( Secaucus) and other major exchange colocation venues.

Transatlantic primary/secondary deployments where Ashburn pairs with Frankfurt or Amsterdam at 75-95 ms — the lowest sub-100 ms transatlantic option.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about Ashburn deployments.

What datacenter is used in Ashburn?+

Ashburn servers are deployed in Equinix Ashburn campus (DC-series), the densest carrier-neutral colocation cluster in the world. The campus hosts the Internet Exchange Ashburn, the largest IX in North America.

Should I choose Ashburn or Frankfurt for transatlantic audiences?+

Run both. For a US-majority audience, Ashburn is the right primary; for an EU-majority audience, Frankfurt or Amsterdam wins. The 75-95 ms transatlantic RTT means a single-region deployment will always disappoint half your audience. Multi-region across Ashburn + an EU hub is the standard transatlantic pattern.

Is Ashburn HIPAA-eligible?+

The Equinix Ashburn facility is HIPAA-eligible — meaning the underlying infrastructure satisfies the physical and operational controls required for HIPAA-regulated workloads. HIPAA compliance for the application layer remains the customer's responsibility (BAA, encryption, access controls, etc.).

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