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.
| Destination | Round-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.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Frankfurt deployments.
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Deploy in Frankfurt
60-second VPS deployment. Dedicated servers shipped within 60 minutes when in stock.