SpainDeployed in Equinix MD2 Madrid
Dedicated servers in Madrid
Madrid is the de-facto Iberian hosting hub. ESpanix (the Spanish Internet Exchange) is the largest peering point in Spain, and CATNIX (the Catalan IX) sits a couple of milliseconds away in Barcelona. Dedicated servers are offered in Spain; for VPS, the nearest location is Frankfurt.
Madrid is the obvious choice for Spanish, Portuguese, Andorran, and Gibraltar audiences. It's also the lowest-latency European entry point for Latin American traffic — submarine cables to Brazil and Argentina land near the Iberian coast, and Madrid is a natural aggregation point for that traffic before it heads further into Europe.
Facility details
Key facts about our infrastructure in this location.
- Facility
- Equinix MD2
01Latency
Latency from Madrid
Approximate round-trip times to major destinations.
| Destination | Round-trip time |
|---|---|
| Barcelona (CATNIX) | 8-10 ms |
| Lisbon | 10-12 ms |
| Marseille (FranceIX-South) | 20-25 ms |
| Paris (France-IX) | 22-25 ms |
| Frankfurt (DE-CIX) | 30-35 ms |
| Sao Paulo | 180-200 ms |
Ranges are approximate, based on typical fiber routing between metros. Real-world RTT varies with carrier path, traffic, and TCP retransmission.
02Use cases
Best for
Workloads that benefit most from a Madrid deployment.
Spanish and Portuguese e-commerce where in-country hosting keeps the path to Movistar, Vodafone, Orange, and MasMovil customers short.
LatAm-targeted workloads where Madrid is the closest European peering hub to South Atlantic submarine landings.
Workloads with a Spanish data-residency requirement that need servers on Spanish soil.
03Solutions
Available in this location
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04Questions
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Madrid deployments.
What datacenter is used in Madrid?
Madrid runs in Equinix MD2.
Should I choose Madrid or Frankfurt for Spanish users?
Madrid, decisively. The Frankfurt-to-Iberian-eyeball penalty is typically 30+ ms — that's a major hit on any interactive workload. Madrid is the only sensible default for a Spanish or Portuguese audience.
Is Madrid useful for Latin American audiences?
It's the closest European location. For a single EU+LatAm deployment, Madrid is the right European endpoint — submarine fiber to Brazil and Argentina lands at Iberian coastal stations and aggregates in Madrid. For latency-critical LatAm work, Sao Paulo is still better, but Madrid is the right secondary.
05Configurations
Popular configurations in Madrid
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06Locations
Other X-ZoneServers locations near Madrid
The approximate round-trip time from Madrid to each. Products and prices vary by location. Deploy in two cities for redundancy, or to shorten the path to a second audience.
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Xeon dedicated servers are typically delivered within an hour; EPYC builds can take up to 14 days (the estimate is shown at checkout).