Germany
Deployed in Equinix Frankfurt

Frankfurt servers in the datacenter

Frankfurt is the central nervous system of the European internet. DE-CIX, the world's largest internet exchange by aggregate peak traffic, sits here — and roughly 90% of Germany's domestic traffic and a significant share of pan-European traffic transits this metro. Our Frankfurt servers deploy in Equinix Frankfurt, with direct connectivity to DE-CIX and the cluster of Tier 1 carriers and content networks that anchor here.

If your audience sits anywhere in continental Europe and you can only choose one location, Frankfurt is almost always the right answer. Median round-trip times to Amsterdam, Paris, Milan, and Vienna stay in the low-double-digits, and connectivity to Eastern European metros (Warsaw, Bucharest, Sofia) is excellent because most of those carriers backhaul through DE-CIX anyway.

Facility details

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

Facility
Equinix Frankfurt
Internet Exchange
DE-CIX Frankfurt
Datacenter Tier
Tier III+
Power Capacity
Multi-MW redundant
Redundancy
N+1 power and cooling
Compliance
ISO 27001, PCI-DSS
Carrier Neutral
Yes

Latency from Frankfurt

Approximate round-trip times to major destinations.

DestinationRound-trip time
Amsterdam (AMS-IX)8-10 ms
London (LINX)12-15 ms
Paris (France-IX)12-15 ms
Vienna (VIX)10-12 ms
Warsaw (PLIX)20-25 ms
Ashburn (Equinix IX)85-95 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 Frankfurt deployment.

Game servers serving German, Benelux, and Central European players where sub-30 ms latency matters for competitive titles.

Trading or signal-relay VPS that need a short path to LD4 (London) and FR2 (Frankfurt) without crossing an additional metro hop.

European e-commerce and SaaS platforms where DE-CIX peering produces low latency to virtually every major German and European ISP.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about Frankfurt deployments.

What datacenter is used in Frankfurt?+
Frankfurt servers are deployed in Equinix Frankfurt, with direct connectivity to DE-CIX. Equinix Frankfurt campus is the largest peering hub in continental Europe.
How fast can a server be deployed in Frankfurt?+
VPS instances in Frankfurt deploy in under 60 seconds. Dedicated servers ship within 60 minutes of payment confirmation when the requested SKU is in stock; custom configurations may take longer.
Is Frankfurt a good choice for European e-commerce?+
Yes — Frankfurt is typically the lowest-latency European location for a single-region deployment because DE-CIX peers with virtually every major European ISP and content network. Pair with Madrid or Bucharest only if your audience is heavily concentrated in Iberia or the Balkans.

Deploy in Frankfurt

60-second VPS deployment. Dedicated servers shipped within 60 minutes when in stock.